Unit 3 Grammar practice 

Modal verbs; modal perfects 3 It’s possible that my brother will ask Sally to marry him.
My brother
1 Complete the sentences with suitable modal verbs.
4 It’s against the rules for students to arrive late for
Sometimes there may be more than one possible answer.
the exam.
You must improve your Spanish if you intend to study at Students
Madrid University.
5 I’m sure it wasn’t Ben because he’s gone abroad.
1 You be good at maths to
It
study IT. It isn’t essential.
6 I’m sure you passed the exam because you worked hard.
2 I think you apply for a
You
place at college next year.
3 When I was younger, I go 4 Write explanations for these situations. Use modal
to boarding school because my parents lived abroad. verbs and the bold words.
4 He be very clever because He’s very tired this morning.  (stay up)
he’s studying physics at university. He must have stayed up late last night.
5 I’m sure humans to travel 1 She did badly in her exam.  (work)
to Mars one day.
6 I’m sorry, but you go into 2 He doesn’t look very fit.  (exercise)
your class now. There’s an exam.
7 Students talk during the 3 She can’t walk properly and she’s in pain.  (hurt)
exam. It isn’t allowed.
2 Complete the dialogue with suitable modal perfect 4 He can’t find his keys.  (lose)
forms and the verbs in the list. Sometimes there may
be more than one possible answer. 5 The maths teacher wasn’t there yesterday.  (ill)
pass be take leave stop be
A Did you know that Toby failed all his final law exams? 6 She wants to study medicine at university.  (results)
B Your parents can’t have been very pleased about that!
A No, they weren’t happy at all. They think he 7 They’ve got cameras and a map.  (tourists)
(1) easily, but he didn’t do
any work.
5 Translate the sentences into your language.
B Didn’t he have an evening job in a restaurant?
1 You don’t have to take the exam this year.
A Yes. They say he (2)

working at least a month before the exams.
2 I couldn’t answer all the exam questions.
B How did Toby feel? He (3)

disappointed.
3 He must work harder if he wants to do well.
A Not at all. He said that he (4)

the law course because it didn’t interest him. Now he
says he wants to be a chef. 4 You should have stayed in last night.

B He didn’t have to go to university to do that. He

(5) school and become 5 He must have been very disappointed.
an apprentice chef.
A That’s what he intends to do now. 6 They might have missed the bus.

3 Rewrite the sentences without changing the meaning.
7 You mustn’t ride your bike on the pavement.
Use suitable modal verbs. Sometimes there may be
more than one possible answer.
It’s possible that he’s Brazilian.
He could / may / might be Brazilian.
1 It wasn’t a good idea to play video games all night.
You
2 There’s no obligation for you to wear a suit.
You

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