Complete the sentences CAN, CAN’T , COULD, COULDN’T , MUST or MUSTN’T.

1. She is a small baby. She ______________ eat meat, but she ______________ drink milk.

2. He is so ill that he ______________ see the doctor.

3. It’s raining heavily. You ______________ take your own umbrella.

4. We ______________ pick the flowers in the park. It’s forbidden.

5. I ______________ sing now but I ______________ sing very well when I was a child.

6. Mike is only nine months old. He ______________ eat nuts yet.

7. He has a lot of weight so he ______________ run so fast.

8. I’m very tall, so I ______________ play basketball.

9. You ______________ park that car there. It’s a no-parking zone.

10.Many students in Great Britain ______________ wear a uniform when they go to school.

11.George has travelled a lot. He ______________ speak 4 languages.

12.I ______________ come with you now because I’m studying for my test.

13.Footballers ______________ touch the ball with their hands.

14.______________ I use your phone ?

15.I’m sorry I ______________ come yesterday. I had to work late.

16.You ______________ speed through the city. It’s dangerous!

17.You have been coughing a lot recently. You ______________ smoke so much.

18.I’m very tired today. I ______________ clean my room now, but I’ll do it tomorrow.

19.I ______________ eat lasagne when I was a child, but I like it today.

20.We ______________ go to the bank today. We haven’t got any money left.

21.You ______________ sleep in that room. It’s full of boxes and other stuff.

22.I ______________ swim very far these days, but ten years ago, I ______________ swim
over to the other side of the lake.

23.You have a bad headache, so you ______________ go to bed earlier.

24.I ______________ feed the baby now, so can you do it for me ?

25.Tourists ______________ take their passports with them when they go abroad.
Complete the sentences with MUST, MUSTN’T or NEEDN’T.

1. It’s very warm outside. You _____________________ take a coat with you.

2. You _____________________ speak with a full mouth. that’s very impolite.

3. The doctor said I _____________________ smoke so much.

4. In England you _____________________ drive on the left side of the road but in other

European countries you _____________________.

5. Students _____________________ be late for school.

6. Small children _____________________ play with matches.

7. You _____________________ drive so fast. We have plenty of time left.

8. Do you want me to wait for you? – No, it’s OK. You _____________________ wait.

9. You _____________________ take a taxi. You can go by bus.

10.All candidates _____________________ send in their application forms by Friday.

11.You _____________________ be very hungry. I’ll get you something to eat.

12.Jackie gave me an important letter. I _____________________ forget to post it.

13.They _____________________ go to school today. It’s Thanksgiving.

14.The book I gave you is very valuable. You _____________________ be careful and take

good care of it.

15.We have enough food in the fridge, so we _____________________ go shopping every

day.

16.You _____________________ make a mess in the house, or else mom will be very
angry.

17.You _____________________ come if you don’t want to, but I hope you do.

18.You _____________________ shout in a library.

19.I _____________________ take my medicine three times a day.

20.You _____________________ help me. I can prepare the meal on my own.

 Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more

than one answer is possible.

MAY – MIGHT – CAN – CAN’T – SHOULD – SHOULDN’T – MUST – HAVE TO – HAS

TO - NEEDN’T – MUSTN’T – DON’T HAVE TO – DOESN’T HAVE TO

1. ___________________ I use your pen, please?

2. You really ___________________ see that new documentary. It’s fantastic.

3. You ___________________ write 30 sentences for homework because you have

misbehaved.

4. You ___________________ to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.

5. Please, excuse me but I really ___________________ go now.

6. John, you ___________________ speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you!

7. We ___________________ watch TV tonight. We haven’t decided yet.

8. If you’ve got such a bad cough, you ___________________ smoke.

9. I am happy to inform you that I ___________________ come to work next week.

10.You ___________________ make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.

11.She ___________________ work hard because she’s a single parent and has little
money.

12.You ___________________ go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got some

time left.

13.According to the weather report it ___________________ rain this afternoon.

14.He ___________________ speak Italian fluently because he spent 5 years there.

15.That __________________ be John over there. He said he would be in America this

week.

16.You ___________________ take the test seriously, even if you already have enough
good

grades to pass.
 17.I ___________________ go out tonight, but I don’t think so. I feel too tired.

18.___________________ Mary come with us?

19.You ___________________ speak French. I can speak English quite well.

20.You ___________________ take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium. Otherwise

you won’t get in.

Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more

than one answer is possible.

CAN – CAN’T - COULDN’T – COULD HAVE - HAD TO – MIGHT - MUST - MUSTN’T -

NEEDN’T – SHOULD HAVE - WOULD

1. It’s quite warm outside so you __________________ put on a coat.

2. You __________________ go home now. You __________________ finish writing those

emails. They can wait until tomorrow.

3. He __________________ gone to the doctor when he started feeling ill. Now it’s going to

take longer for him to recover,

4. According to the weather report it __________________ rain today, but I’m not so sure

about it.

5. My mother gave me an important letter to post, so I ________________ forget to post it.

6. You __________________ come if you don’t want to.

7. Children __________________ play with matches.

8. That _________________ be Harry. He said he was going to Paris. What’s he doing

here?

9. We will have to take a taxi to the airport, otherwise we __________________ miss our

plane.

10.I __________________ like to go to the cinema with you this weekend. How about it?
 11.When I went to Spain for the first time, I __________________ speak a word of
Spanish.

12.This jewellery is very valuable. My grandmother gave it to me. You __________________

look after it carefully and __________________ lose it.

13.She felt ill and __________________ leave the office earlier.

14.You __________________ be very thirsty. I’ll bring you something to drink right away.

15.You should buy a lottery ticket this weekend. You __________________ win up to 3

million dollars.

16.You __________________ informed me about the flight delay.

17.__________________ you pass me the sugar, please?

18.You __________________ smoke in public places or restaurants. It’s against the law.
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