Unit 3 Grammar

Modal verbs 3 ‘It’s not good for you to go to sleep so late.’

A You must go to sleep earlier. __
B You can go to sleep earlier. __
Ability, permission & prohibition
4 ‘I advise you to limit yourself to one or two
1 Choose the correct options to complete the text. episodes a night, or you might get sick.’
A You are able to limit yourself to one or two
When my parents were young, watching TV was a episodes a night. __
very different experience. They (1) A only watch TV B You had better limit yourself to one or two
on four channels and there was only two hours of episodes a night. __
children’s TV a day, so there wasn’t much choice.
They weren’t (2) ___ to watch adult TV programmes, Obligation & lack of obligation
so they read more books. My mum says that she was
(3) ___ to read very high-level books before she went 3 Choose the correct options.
to secondary school because she spent so much of The series is on catch-up. You mustn’t / don't
her childhood reading. She says she always asked have to watch it at the same time each week.
her parents if she (4) ___ stay up and watch TV with 1 You needn’t / mustn’t wait for me to watch the
them, but they always replied that she (5) ___ . rest of that box set – I’ve already finished it.
However, at the weekend, she was (6) ___ to watch 2 We don't have to / must not pay for a second
some comedy shows with her dad as a treat. digital TV box for upstairs.
3 My mum says I needn’t / mustn’t watch TV until
1 A could B couldn’t C can I’ve finished my homework.
2 A couldn’t B managed C allowed 4 We’ll have to / must hurry or we’ll miss the start
3 A could B managed C able of the film.
4 A allowed B might C can 5 We needn’t / must have hurried – there was forty
5 A couldn’t B could C may minutes of adverts before the film!
6 A allowed B managed C succeeded
Possibility & deduction
Advice
4 Write P for possibility and D for deduction.
2 Tick (ü ) the sentence (A or B) that has the same
The computer might need to get an update. P
meaning as the first sentence.
1 The TV series may be on a different app. __
I’m addicted to a new political thriller series 2 I can’t have read the instructions properly. __
available online. I watch it every night until about 3 We might have to sign in to use this app. __
3.00 in the morning. I’m so tired! 4 I must have forgotten what the password is. __
5 We could watch it at Francisco’s house. __
‘Do you have any advice?’
A What should I do? ü 5 Complete the dialogue with the verbs in the box.
B What may I do? __ Use each verb only once.
1 ‘It’s not good to watch screens late at night.’ can’t might not could may could have been
A You needn’t watch screens late at night. __ Jai Wow! That was a great episode.
B You shouldn’t watch screens late at night. __ Luc Yes, I think it could be the best yet.
2 ‘You should listen to some music or an audiobook Jai I like the fact that it’s a complicated plot, so it
on your tablet instead.’ (1) _________________ Jon or Mel who lied.
A You ought to listen to some music or an Luc That’s true, but actually I think we
audiobook on your tablet instead. __ (2) ________________ find out who it was.
B You might listen to some music or an Jai What? They (3) ________________ leave us
audiobook on your tablet instead. __ not knowing!
Luc I think they (4) _________________ wait and
show who it was in the next series, next year.

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