Name : _________________________

Date : ____ / ____ / _____

1. Fill in the gaps with a suitable modal verb.

a. She always gets great marks; She _________be very intelligent.

b. She always gets great marks; She _________ be stupid.

c. Their car is really old; they _________ have a lot of money.

d. Jane usually goes out in the evening, so she _________ be at home when we get there.

e. Ian isn´t here, so he _________ be at school, but I’m not sure.

f. I don’t believe it. She looks really well, so she _________ be sick.

g. You haven’t eaten all day. You _________ be hungry!

h. He _________ be tired. He hasn’t done anything all day!

i. Tess _________ lend you some money. Why don’t you ask her?

j. Don’t go in. The dog _________ bite you.

k. I can’t promise to help you because I _________ have time.

l. He eats a lot of junk food and he never exercises, so he _________ be very healthy.

m. Lisa never eats very much, so she _________ want to go to the restaurant for lunch.

Let’s ask her.

n. Wendy is so rude; she _________ have many friends.

o. Tim told me not to wait for him because he _________ arrive in time.

2. Rewrite the sentences using a modal verb.

a. I’m sure he is a basketball player. He ________________________________________

b. Perhaps he is a basketball player. He ________________________________________

c. Perhaps he isn’t a basketball player. He ______________________________________

d. I’m sure he isn’t a basketball player. He ______________________________________

a. I’m sure she has got a Porsche. She __________________________________________

b. Perhaps she has got a Porsche. She __________________________________________

c. Perhaps she hasn’t got a Porsche. She ________________________________________

d. I’m sure she hasn’t got a Porsche. She ________________________________________

3. Fill each of the gaps in these sentences with an appropriate Word or phrase:

EXAMPLE: It’s highly unlikely that WE’LL GET there much before lunch time.

a) We ___________ in touch until later this week regarding your estimate.

b) Do you think they ___________ us to use calculators in the exam?

c) I’ve heard there’s a possibility that the match ___________ called off.

d) I don’t think anyone in their right ___________ conceivably doubt that he’s guilty.

e) John phoned the box-office and they say you ___________ any trouble getting a ticket

at the door.

f) Presumably you ___________ wanting to go out tonight if you’re feeling ill?

4. Fill each of the gaps in these sentences with an appropriate Word or phrase:

EXAMPLE: I suppose you COULD HAVE a point when you say wages are low.

a) You ___________ well think it’s possible, but I doubt it.

b) You won’t ___________ of me before but I used to live next door to your sister.

c) You’re a bit overweight; you ___________ doing more regular exercise.

d) That ___________ Vangelis over there – hasn’t he gone away for the week?

e) That’s absurd; they really ___________ taken your motorbike by mistake, surely?

f) They got there so fast, they ___________ run all the way.

g) I’ve been looking for you everywhere: you ___________ have told me you’d be here!

I. What could have happened? Is there a logical reason?

Write your ideas using adverbs or adjectives to show
the different degrees of certainty:
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people think that crop weird light
circles are aliens trying to s in
communicate with us. Dover,
Others think they are a kind of mad graffiti that AR. No
are there to anger people. one can explain them. They
only respond to sound and
a) ___________________________ light. Could they be real
b) ___________________________ spook lights, or are they just
c) _____________________________________ a hoax?
___________________
a)_____________________
b)_____________________
c)_________________

Boats and Planes Gho

Mysteriously sts:
Dissapear Fact
In the Bermuda Triangle area, or
reports have said there are
many disappearances of boats, Fall
ships, and planes. There hasn't
been a logical reason to explain the acy
disappearances
Ghost hauntings have been
a) ________________________ reported all over the world.
b) ________________________ Some are just people
c) ________________________ playing pranks, but some
haven't been proven to be a
prank.

a) _____________________
___________
b) _____________________
___________
c) _____________________