VGE2 E11 – Grammaire anglaise

TD d’exercices grammaticaux Week 3

Ex. 1 – Translate the following sentences into English using modal auxiliaries.
a) Tu devrais acheter ce CD.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
b) Veux-tu que je ferme la porte ?
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) Et si on allait se promener ?
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
d) Est-ce que j’aurais dû l’écouter ?
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
e) Tu aurais dû acheter ce vinyle.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
f) Tu devrais lui demander. Il n’y a pas de raison pour que tu ne le fasses pas.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….
g) « Tu ne commettras pas d’adultère. » (Bible)
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………….

Ex. 2 – OBLIGATION or NECESSITY.

Complete the following sentences with either must or have to. Make all the necessary

changes:

a) I think I ………………….. work harder if I want to succeed.

b) When I finally got to New York, I ………………….. show my passport to the customs
officer.
c) If you go to Japan, you will ………………….. drive on the left.
d) He’s always late. He ………………….. wake up earlier in the morning.
e) When she was a teenager, ………………….. (really-she) be home by eleven?

Ex. 3 – FORBIDDING, absence of OBLIGATION or absence of NECESSITY.

Complete the following sentences with either mustn’t or not have to. Make all the necessary
changes:
a) We had booked in advance, so we ………………….. wait.
b) He’s really sick, so you ………………….. bother him with that.
c) I can hear you. You ………………….. shout.
d) That was a very informal party. You ………………….. wear anything special.
e) He’s a spoilt brat! You ………………….. buy him another toy.
f) It’s a bank-holiday today. We ………………….. get up early.
g) I had understood the first time. You ………………….. repeat.
h) He’s had too much to drink. He ………………….. drive.

Ex. 4 – CAPACITY, POSSIBILITY and TYPICAL BEHAVIOURS.

Translate the following sentences into English using modal auxiliaries.
a) Elle sait parler aux autres. Elle a du tact.
=>……………………………………………………………………………………….…….
b) Elle peut parler des heures au téléphone sans s’en rendre compte.
=>……………………………………………………………………………………….…….
c) Quand je rentrerai, mon chat sera certainement en train de m’attendre sur le rebord de la
fenêtre.
=>……………………………………………………………………………………….…….
d) Très protecteurs envers leur famille, les éléphants chargent s’ils les sentent menacés.
=>……………………………………………………………………………………….…….

Ex. 5 – Modify each sentence below to say the contrary, using a non-modal structure:
a) You must report to the headquarters immediately.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
b) You may phone your parents if you like.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
c) James should have asked the boss.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
d) Gemma must have been working on her next assignment on that night.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
e) She needn’t buy a ticket.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
f) He can’t be fixing the car.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..
g) She had to pay for everybody else.
=> …………………………………………………………………………………………..