1. Fill in the gaps with a suitable modal verb.

a. She always gets great marks; She _________ very intelligent.

b. She always gets great marks; She _________ be stupid.

c. Their car is really old; they _________ have a lot of money.

d. Jane usually goes out in the evening, so she _________ be at home when we get there.

e. Ian isn´t here, so he _________ be at school, but I’m not sure.

f. I don’t believe it. She looks really well, so she _________ be sick.

g. You haven’t eaten all day. You _________ be hungry!

h. He _________ be tired. He hasn’t done anything all day!

i. Tess _________ lend you some money. Why don’t you ask her?

j. Don’t go in. The dog _________ bite you.

k. I can’t promise to help you because I _________ have time.

l. He eats a lot of junk food and he never exercises, so he _________ be very healthy.

m. Lisa never eats very much, so she _________ want to go to the restaurant for lunch. Let’s

ask her.

n. Wendy is so rude; she _________ have many friends.

o. Tim told me not to wait for him because he _________ arrive in time.

2. Rewrite the sentences using a modal verb.

a. I’m sure he is a basketball player. He ________________________________________

b. Perhaps he is a basketball player. He ________________________________________

c. Perhaps he isn’t a basketball player. He ______________________________________

d. I’m sure he isn’t a basketball player. He ______________________________________

a. I’m sure she has got a Porsche. She __________________________________________

b. Perhaps she has got a Porsche. She __________________________________________

 c. Perhaps she hasn’t got a Porsche. She ________________________________________

d. I’m sure she hasn’t got a Porsche. She ________________________________________

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of can.

a. ___________ you read when you were five years old? No, I ___________.

b. Doris is from Austria so she ___________ speak German, but she ___________ speak

French.

c. They ___________ drive, but they want to learn.

d. Sarah ___________ ride a motorbike when she was twelve, and now she ___________ also

fly her father’s airplane.

e. My son ___________ speak until he was three years old.

f. I ___________ dance before, but now I ___________. I’m too old.

g. Her eyes are really weak. She ___________ read the headlines, but she ___________ read

the small print.

4. Write questions for the answers.

a. ________________________________________________________________________?

No, I can´t play the violin, but I can play the guitar.

b. ________________________________________________________________________?

Yes, she can cook very well.

c. ________________________________________________________________________?

No, he couldn’t play chess when he was younger.

d. ________________________________________________________________________?

No, I couldn’t speak English very well when I was very young.

e. ________________________________________________________________________?

Yes, I could swim when I was little.

f. ________________________________________________________________________?

Yes, they can ride a motorbike.