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Rewrite the underlined parts using COULDN(‘T), MANAGED TO //DIDN’T MANAGE TO, BE

ABLE TO, BE SUPPOSED TO, HAD TO //DIDN’T HAVE TO, NEEDN’T, WILL//WON’T, WOULD(N’T):

EXAMPLE: He was hopeless at singing. ― He COULDN’T sing.

1)I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO argue with the professor during the exam. In the end he got
angry and took two points off my grade.

2) My grandmother knew a girl whose fiancé was sent to prison for twenty years. It was
possible for his girl to marry any one of a dozen men because she was a real beauty, but she
WOULDN’T

3) I’m sure HE WAS ABLE TO our whereabouts by now, so there is no point in hiding..

4) Our hotel was all inclusive, so WE COULD EAT as much as we wanted.

5) Where is he? HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE here an hour ago.

6) Fortunately, WE NEEDN’T to carry our luggage from the taxi, because there was a porter.
It was very convenient.

7) Why did you walk the dog four times a day? YOU NEEDN’T TO walk the dog so often. – I
thought that twice a day was not enough.

8-9) PAUL WAS SUPPOSED TO BOOK a cottage in the mountains for our holiday, but he
forgot. In the end we HAD TO STAY in a camping area.

10) My camera was very cheap, but I MANAGED TO a few very good photos of the sunset on
the beach.

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