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Periphrastic Modal Practice. Circle the appropriate periphrastic modal. 1.

Right now, they are happy because their apartment is big enough. However, if they have more children, they might have to / be able to / be allowed to move to a bigger one. = They might need to move to a bigger one. 2. Right now, their apartment is big enough. If they have more children, however, they might not have to / be able to keep living there because they wont have enough space. 3. We dont have to / arent allowed to have pets in our apartment. The rental agreement ( , contrato de arrendamiento, ) prohibits us (/, prohibir, ) from having them. 4. Im sorry I wasnt allowed to / wasnt able to / didnt have to come yesterday. My daughter was feeling under the weather, so I stayed home with her. 5. She would like to spend more time with her kids, but she cant because her husband is currently unemployed and she has to work overtime to make ends meet (=have enough money to pay the bills). If her husband finds a job, she will have to / be able to / be allowed to spend more time with her kids. 6. She hasnt finished her homework yet. When she has, she will have to / be allowed to watch T.V. or do whatever else she wants to.
Note: They might have to = Maybe they will have to They might be able to = Maybe they will be able to They might be allowed to = Maybe they will be allowed to

Periphrastic Modal Practice. Circle the appropriate periphrastic modal. 1. Right now, they are happy because their apartment is big enough. However, if they have more children, they might have to / be able to / be allowed to move to a bigger one. = They might need to move to a bigger one. 2. Right now, their apartment is big enough. If they have more children, however, they might not have to / be able to keep living there because they wont have enough space. 3. We dont have to / arent allowed to have pets in our apartment. The rental agreement ( , contrato de arrendamiento, ) prohibits us (/, prohibir, ) from having them. 4. Im sorry I wasnt allowed to / wasnt able to / didnt have to come yesterday. My daughter was feeling under the weather, so I stayed home with her. 5. She would like to spend more time with her kids, but she cant because her husband is currently unemployed and she has to work overtime to make ends meet (=have enough money to pay the bills). If her husband finds a job, she will have to / be able to / be allowed to spend more time with her kids. 6. She hasnt finished her homework yet. When she has, she will have to / be allowed to watch T.V. or do whatever else she wants to.
Note: They might have to = Maybe they will have to They might be able to = Maybe they will be able to They might be allowed to = Maybe they will be allowed to
J5110499Trego Roland Trego 11/04/99 rev. 11/24/2013 5:02 PM

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