LISTENING ACTIVITIES

MODAL VERBS

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I. Complete each sentence or question with the correct modal verb and
main verb. Some are negative.

AUDIO FILE: Listening Lab Exercise 27 – Modal verbs

1. We __________ __________ a movie later today.

2. John __________ __________ his car started. (negative)
3. This __________ __________ an hour to finish.
4. _________ I __________ you?
5. The doctor said you __________ __________ on a diet.
6. She __________ __________ here until 2:00. (negative)
7. How much __________ I __________?
8. I __________ __________ that if I were you. (negative)
9. This __________ __________ a little bit.
10. Tom and Sue __________ __________. (negative)

II. Listen to Jake and Carol talking about Jake's brother, George. Complete
these sentences from the recording. All the sentences contain modal
verbs. You might need up to THREE words for each space.
AUDIO FILE: A HELPING HAND – MODAL VERBS

Carol: Jake, I want to talk to you about George.

Jake: What did he do now?
Carol: I'm worried about him. We ______________ something. He's been
depressed for months.
Jake: Oh you know George. He's changeable like the weather. He
_____________next week.
Carol: Jake, he's your brother and __________________ worried about him. Aren't
you?
Jake: Yes, I am, but you know how independent he is. We can't help him if he
doesn't want it, _____________?
Carol: Well, I feel guilty. He is family after all. We ___________________ problems
in the family or they will just get bigger. I know that from my own family.
Jake: Do you want me to encourage him to see a therapist?
Carol: No, you don't have to do that, but he ____________ things with other
people that he knows.
Jake: Yes, __________, he keeps things inside too much.
Carol: Exactly! Just talking _______ help him so much
Jake: He is very unhappy about all the divorce stuff.
Carol: Of course. You know, if you take George out, he ___________________
somebody.
Jake: You think?
Carol: Well, he _____________new in his terrible apartment, can he? Watching
baseball 24 hours a day.
Jake: Basketball.
Carol: Please Jake, I hate to see George like that, do something next week. You
______ get him out of that apartment. Get him doing ________ new.
Carol: George should ____________________ his ex-wife and remember he's still
a young man!
Jake: I’ll do it. I hope my family helps me like this if I get depressed.
Carol: you’re married to me; you don’t get _________!

III. Practice the conversation in pairs and tell it to the instructor during the
class.