Name: -----------------

Surname: ------------
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 Fill in the blanks with proper modal verbs

CAN: ability in the 1) When Susan was five, she could read and write.
present, asking
2) I don´t have to get up early today. Because it is Sunday.
permission.
3) Birds can fly but lions can´t.
4) This bag is too heavy for you. Can I help you?
5) I need wear school uniform at my school.
COULD: ability in the 6) You mustn´t smoke here. It is forbidden.
past, polite requests, 7) Can you turn on the lights, please?
asking permission politely
8) I will help my mother with the housework. She is tired.
9) If you go to bed late, you will be late for the school.
10)You have to do your homework if you want to go out.
11) Will you help me with the cleaning?
MUST: internal obligation
12)I could drive to work last year but now I needn´t as I moved
MUSTN’T: prohibition
to a new apartment.
13) Will we go out tonight?
14)She can´t walk because she has broken her leg.
15)Rose must obey the rules but she didn’t.
HAVE TO: external obligation 16)You need pay the taxes regularly otherwise
HAD TO: obligation in
the past
You will be punished.
17)You mustn´t park here. You must find a parkland.
18)She couldn´t win the match because she was ill.
19)We don´t have to buy tickets for the concert. Susan has
NEEDN’T, already bought them.
DON’T HAVE TO,
20)My father is very talented. He can paint very well.
no necessity
21)It is hot outside. You don´t have to wear you jacket.
22)It is raining heavily. You must take your umbrella.
23)You mustn´t use your mobile phone at the cinema.
24)My mother must go to the dentist. She has a terrible
WOULD: polite or formal
requests toothache.
25) Can I borrow your camera tonight?
26)You mustn´t touch it. It is too hot.
27) You have to be careful while

WILL: offers, opinions,

driving.
hopes, warnings, fears, 28) When I was a young man,
suggestions, promises I could run fast.
29) Can elephants jump?
No, they can´t.
30) You mustn´t pick up these
SHALL: questions,
flowers. Otherwise, my mother
offers with I and WE
will get angry with you.