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Past Modal Verbs Practice Exercises

The document provides a homework exercise on using modal verbs to talk about past possibilities, abilities, and obligations. It contains three parts: 1) A fill-in-the-blank exercise with 15 sentences requiring the correct past modal form, such as "could have", "should have", etc. 2) An ordering exercise with 9 sets of words to reorder into grammatically correct sentences. 3) A multiple choice exercise with 11 questions testing the use of "enough" and "too" to talk about sufficiency and insufficiency in degrees.

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Past Modal Verbs Practice Exercises

The document provides a homework exercise on using modal verbs to talk about past possibilities, abilities, and obligations. It contains three parts: 1) A fill-in-the-blank exercise with 15 sentences requiring the correct past modal form, such as "could have", "should have", etc. 2) An ordering exercise with 9 sets of words to reorder into grammatically correct sentences. 3) A multiple choice exercise with 11 questions testing the use of "enough" and "too" to talk about sufficiency and insufficiency in degrees.

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HOMEWORK

I. Could Have Should Have Would Have Exercise. Make the correct past
modal form affirmative or negative (use could have / would have /
should have + past participle).

1. We shouldn’t have invited (invite) so many people to our party! I’m worried
that we won’t have enough room for everyone. (past negative advice /
regret)
2. I (start) saving money years ago! (past
advice/ regret)
3. The weather (be) any worse! (past
negative possibility)
4. They (win) the football match, but
John hurt his ankle. (past possibility)
5. Amanda (finish) the work, but she felt
ill and had to go home. (past willingness)
6. Lucy (left) earlier. She missed her
flight. (past advice / regret)
7. I (eat) so much chocolate! I feel
sick! (past negative advice / regret)
8. Luke (pass) the exam if he’d
studied a bit more. (past possibility).
9. John (call) Amy, but he didn’t
have her number. (past willingness)
10. You (be) rude to him. He’s going to
be really angry now. (past negative advice / regret)
11. You (take) this job. I can see
you’re not enjoying it. (past negative advice / regret)
12. Our neighbours (cut) down the tree in
their garden. It was a really beautiful tree. (past negative advice / regret)
13. I’m really cold! I (bring) my coat.
(past advice / regret)
14. Andrew (go) to Cambridge University,
but he decided to travel instead. (past possibility)
15. You (buy) some milk at the shops.
We don’t have any milk. (past advice / regret)
II. Write the words in the correct order.

Example:

1. must / marathon / hard / a / been / have / running

Running a marathon must have been hard.

2. didn’t / better / might / we / it / say / have / anything / if / been

3. her / studied / more / should / exam / she / have / for

4. must / he / yesterday / sick / been / have

5. helped / called / you / could / I / have / had / me / if

6. ? / film / see / would / different / liked / you / have / to / a

7. been / experience / easy / can't / that / have

8. hurt / in / they / been / the / accident / could / have

9. ought / to / before / we / left / fire / have / the / put / out / we

III. Choose the correct answer.

1. It was _____ so we didn't get it.


a. expensive enough
b. too expensive
c. enough expensive

2. It's ___ to read; I don't understand it at all.


a. enough difficult
b. too difficult
c. difficult enough

3. They didn't sell _____ to make it worthwhile.


a. tickets enough
b. enough tickets
c. too tickets

4. There were _____ people there.


a. too
b. too many

5. It's not ____ to sort things out.


a. enough late
b. late enough
c. too late

6. It's ____ to pass.


a. enough difficult
b. too difficult

7. I left because I'd had ______ their arguing.


a. enough
b. enough of
c. too

8. He ate ____ and felt ill.


a. enough much
b. much enough
c. too much

9. I'm shattered; I didn't ____ last night.


a. enough sleep
b. sleep enough
c. too sleep
d. too much sleep

10. It's ____ to walk- I'll take the bus.


a. enough far
b. far enough
c. too far
d. too much far

11. I didn't get ____ last night and I'm exhausted.


a. enough sleep
b. sleep enough
c. too sleep

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