1.

      We ___can find________ (find) lots of poor children playing on the streets on

Christmas eve. (modal for ability)
2.       The government ___do not provide_______ (provide) children with a good meal
for free on Christmas eve. (present or future possibility)
3.       Sometimes the population ___can not  help________ (help) homeless people
because it's difficult for them to take care of their own family. (present
impossibility)
4.       Scrooge ___could assist_____ (assist) the choir singers because he is a rich man.
(advisability)
5.       A gambler hit a little boy. Adults __must respect________ (respect) all the
children. (necessity)
6.       _______could not___ adults ____tell_____ (tell) children Santa Claus doesn't
exist? (advisability)
7.       How ____could______ the government ____assist_____ (assist) poor children?
(present possibilty or ability)

2. Now rewrite the sentences above in the passive voice. Decide if the sentence is
affirmative or negative according to the information in the snippet:

1 _many poor children  playing can be found on the streets on Christmas

eve.___________________________________________________________

2 ___on christmas eve are not provided children with a good

meal_________________________________________________________

3 __

the homeless cannot be helped by the population because it is also difficult for
them to take care of their family

__________________________________________________________

4 _____The choir singers could be assisted bye Scrooge because he is a rich

man._______________________________________________________

5 _____Children must be respected by adults.

_______________________________________________________

6 ___could not children be told that Santa Claus does not exist?
_________________________________________________________

7 ____could  poor children be assisted by the government?

____________________________________