MODAL VERBS (BACHILLERATO)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. USE MODAL PERFECTS. THERE MAY BE MORE THAN
ONE SUITABLE ANSWER.

1.I don't understand why you didn't help her. You should have offered (offer) some help.

2.I was surprised that Rosie didn't visit me. She must have known.(know) I was ill.

3.Michelle wasn't well when I saw her. It was obvious that she should have gone (go) to the doctor.

4. The lights are out. Everyone might have left. (leave).

5. Terry may have read (read) that book. I am not sure.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. How does she know that today is my birthday? Someone (must tell/ must have told) her.

2.There (may have been/ may be) a storm tonight. Do you want to stay home?

3.We (needn't /needn't have ) shot that scene again.

4. He crossed the road without looking. He (could have been/ could be) killed.

5. Actors (need/ need to) learn their lines very well.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

Dancing with vampires

Dancing with vampires is an amazing film! You (must/can) see it. There were moments when I (could/might) feel the hairs on my neck standing on end. I was
so scared that I often (have to / had to) cover my eyes. In my opinion, however, the choice of the leading actress wasn't good. Anyone else would have given a
better performance. Still the director (couldn't have / needn't have) made a more frightening film if he had tried! It (must/ must have) taken the make-up artists
hours to do the make-up. I (can't/ haven't been able to) stop thinking about the film ever since I saw it. I only have one regret.- I (shouldn't /shouldn't have) taken
my mother with me as she has been having nightmares ever since.

REVIEW/ REPHRASING:

1. Matt intends to visit Malta this year. (going)

Matt is going to visit Malta this year

2.I began working at eleven o'clock and I still haven't finished. (since)

I started working and I haven’t finished since eleven o’clock

3.Julie didn't bring her umbrella and now it is raining. (should)

Julie should have brought her umbrella

4.This is the town in which I was born (where)

This is the town where I was born

5.First Jane found a flat she liked. Then she looked for a flatmate. (after)

After Jane found a flat she liked, she looked for a flatmate

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A SUITABLE MODAL OR MODAL PERFECT BELOW:

MUST HAVE/ COULDN'T HAVE / WOULD / NEEDN'T / SHOULD HAVE

-You needn’t have to.go to see that film. It is very boring.

-Tom Hanks couldn’t have driven a 1998 jeep if the film took place in 1995.

-The sign says:' Do not use lift in case of fire'. It should have been a mistake as Americans use 'elevators'.

-You said you would.ensure that there weren't any shadows from the camera on the screen.

-The stamp on the postcard must have been French, but it wasn't.
VERB TENSES REVISION:

We (have not talked/ had not talked) about the problematic area which (concerns/ is concerning) improbabilities, in other words, things which (aren't/ don't)
logical. For example, in Independence Day , the President's wife is rescued by a helicopter, after (which/who) the city is hit in an attack and the ground
temperature (reaches/reached) 1,650ºC. According to science, the President's wife (must not have survived/ could not have survived) such extreme heat, even
if the helicopter (flies/was flying) above the ground. Once again, we (must have asked/ must ask) ourselves the all-important questions: (Was/did this spoil the
film for us? Can we really expect the people (whose/who) make films to be experts in every field?