Grammar Check B 6.

2 Modal verbs for obligation, prohibition and advice: must, have to, ought to, should

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ______

1 Complete the text using the correct forms of the words in the box.
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Hi! I’m Naomi and my school is organising a climbing trip soon for all the students. We have to / have get
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permission from our parents first, of course, before we can go. My teacher has said we mustn’t / don’t have to
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go if we don’t want to, but I feel I really should / ought try it, just for a new experience! My best friend and I
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have realised, however, that we’re not fit enough, so we absolutely have / must do some training first. We
mustn’t / don’t have to do anything stupid, though, or we might injure ourselves! So we’ve joined a fitness
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training class after school. The trainer advised us that we shouldn’t / oughtn’t try to do anything too
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challenging, as that can cause injuries, and we should / ought to be ready to go mountain climbing after a few
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weeks! At the moment, we have / must to go twice a week, but luckily we mustn’t / don’t have to go at the
weekends, so I can rest then!

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2 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the verbs in
brackets in the correct form.

0 Don’t talk in the library! It’s not permitted. (MUST)

You mustn’t talk in the library.

1 There’s no school tomorrow, because it’s a school holiday. (HAVE)

We _________________________________ go to school tomorrow, because it’s a holiday.

2 My coach has advised me to go to football practice twice a week, if I can. (OUGHT)

My coach has said I _________________________________ to football practice twice a week, if I can.

3 It’s necessary for me to post the letter this afternoon! (MUST)

_________________________________ the letter this afternoon!

4 If we don’t run for the bus, we’ll miss it! (HAVE)

We’ll _________________________________ for the bus or we’ll miss it!

5 I don’t think it’s a good idea to drink coffee in the evening. (SHOULD)

You _________________________________ coffee in the evening.

6 It’s not permitted to take photos in the museum. (MUST)

You _________________________________ photos in the museum.

7 John has done a lot of maths practice, so I don’t think he needs to work too hard for next week’s test.
(HAVE)

John _________________________________ too hard for next week’s maths test, as he’s done a lot of
practice already.
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Total: ______ / 15

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