MODALS (REVIEW)

1. Choose the adequate modal verb:

1 They (can/might)________________ be away for the weekend but I'm not sure.
2 You (may/don’t have to)________________ leave now if you don’t want to.
3 Can/Might)________________ you speak Chinese?
4 He (can/should)________________ take his studies more seriously, if he wants to graduate.
5 (May/Can)________________ you swim?
6 Listen, please. You (mustn’t/might not)________________ speak during this exam.
7 You (can't/don’t have to)_____________be so rude! I take the hint!
8 You (mustn’t/might not)________________ smoke on the bus.
9 With luck, tomorrow (can/could)________________ be a cooler day.
10 She (can/might)______________ arrive on time but …who knows?

2. Write appropriate sentences for each picture:

Shhhh!!!
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Ex: You mustn’t wear miniskirts here!

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3. Write appropriate sentences for each situation:

Your friend wants to borrow your iPod, but you want it back tomorrow:
(command)

Your friend wants to borrow your iPod, and you don’t need it until tomorrow:
(absence of obligation)

Your friend eats a lot of junk food: (give advice)

You want to throw a party, but you don’t want people to smoke in your house:
(prohibition)

You want to tell your boss about your ability with languages. You speak English, German,
Spanish and Chinese. (present ability)

You want to tell your friends about the ability you had when you were little: putting your legs
behind your back. (past ability)

It is quite possible that you miss the bus if you don’t hurry. (give advice and possibility)

It is possible (but not very likely) that you don’t get tickets for the concert if you don’t buy them
on the Internet. (remote possibility)

The teacher recommends you the reading of one book, but it is voluntary. (absence of
obligation)

The teacher tells you to be quiet during the exam. (command)

4. Choose the adequate modal verb:

1. You MUST/ DON’T HAVE TO wear appropriate clothes to visit the Vatican.
2. She SHOULD/ MUSTN’T go to the gym if she wants to get fit.
3. He CAN/ MUST be friendly, but he is usually unfriendly.
4. We MIGHT/ SHOULDN’T watch TV so much.
5. Stop biting your nails. You really SHOULDN’T/ COULDN’T do it!
5. It MIGHT/ MAY rain in the desert sometimes, but it is very rare.
6. We MUST/ COULDN’T read very well when we were kids.
7. I have no time. I MUST/ MAY leave now. My parents are waiting for me
8. She MIGHT/ DOESN’T HAVE TO come to the party but I doubt it.
9. It is getting very cloudy. It MAY/ HAS TO rain soon.
10. Penelope Cruz MAY/ COULD win the Oscar this year.