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Complete the sentences with the correct modal verb of possibility:


a. It’s very small, so it ____________ belong to a big family.
b. There ___________ be much space in there!
c. It ___________ belong to a single person or a couple.
d. It ___________ be on the outskirts of any big city.
e. It ___________ not be a house.
f. Whoever lives there _________ have children.
g. Or it _________ be a holiday home.

2.Match the sentences with the correct meaning (two have the same meaning!)

1. It must be a holiday home. a. I think it’s a holiday home but I’m


2. It might be a holiday home. not sure.
3. It could be a holiday home. b. I’m sure it’s a holiday home.
It can’t be a holiday home. c. I’m sure it’s not a holiday home.

3. Match the deductions 1-8 with the best sentences a-h.

4. Complete the sentences using the appropriate modal of deduction. Sometimes more forms are possible.
5. Read the text and underline the words and expressions meaning obligation and advice (must, have to…)

6. Complete the rules about transport in your country 7. A foreign visitor is coming to live in your
using the following verbs: country for six months. Prepare to give him/her
some advice. Use the following ideas to make a
list of rules and tips:

 Roads, pavements and cycle lanes


 Public transport
 Eating and drinking
 Going out at night
 Clothes
 Language
 Public areas

…or any other idea you might have!


8. Complete the sentences with the correct form of MUST or HAVE TO:

9. Look at the signs, then complete the advice using the correct modal and the verb suggested in brackets
(sometimes more than one form is possible):

1.You ___________ 2.You____________ 3.You___________ 4. You___________ 5. You___________


(park) here. (pay) for the bus to (leave) your car (use) that door, it’s (use) only the
the shopping centre unlocked, it might for emergencies official taxis.
get stolen. only.
10. Read the text about the film Untouchable, then complete the activities:
a) Find in the text words or phrases with these meanings:
- Someone from a high level in society (paragraph 1)
- Rich (paragraph 2)
- Sad because you are not with other people (paragraph 2)
- Full of energy (paragraph 3)
- Help or encouragement (paragraph 5)
- Ability to enjoy life and not be too serious (paragraph 6)

b) Underline the correct words:

c) Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, using narrative tenses (past simple,
past continuous and past perfect):
10. Choose the correct form to complete the two paragraphs:

I meeting/met my friend Alex while I was fixing/fixed my bike last year. The wheel fell/had fallen off and I was
trying/had tried to put it back on. Alex had walked/was walking down the street when he saw/was seeing me
and he was offering/offered to help. After that, we became/had become friends.

I met/had met my friend Anna in a hospital. I was being/was there because I was falling/had fallen over and I
had broken/was breaking my arm. Anna was/had been there because she injured/had injured her foot. We
started/were starting talking while we had waited/were waiting to see the doctor. By the time the doctor was
arriving/arrived, we had become/became friends.

11. Complete the interview with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (sometimes there is more than one
possible answer):

A – When ______ the accident ________ (happen)?

B – It ______ (happen) as I _________ (drive) along the High Street last night. I _______ (see) an old lady. Just as
I _______ (turn) left, she ________ (fall) over onto the pavement right in front of me. I was pretty sure I could
see why: a young man _________ (push) her over. Straight away I _________ (stop) my car and I _________
(run) over to the old lady. She _________ (lie) on the ground and she ________ (cry).

A - __________ (you/notice) anything else?

B – Yes… a large flowerpot on the pavement. It ________ (be) broken.

A – Where ________ (it/come) from?

B – It __________ (fall) from a window above the street. The young man _______ (push) the old lady out of the
way. He _________ (save) her life!
12. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate tense of the phrasal verb TO GET in the box:

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