7. Replace the underlined phrases with a suitable past modal phrase.

The mummy of Djedmaatesankh, a young woman from the ninth century BC, lies behind a glass display in the Royal Ontario Museum. 2,800 years ago she lived in Thebes with her husband on the east bank of the river Nile. They were well-off, although as a double-income couple without children it is likely they were rather unusual. Djedmaatesankh was a musician at the great Temple of Amun-Re at nearby Karnak, where her husband was a temple doorkeeper. It is possible that their jobs at the temple provided the couple with a small wage and other benefits to supplement their main income from a piece of fertile land on which it is possible that they grew crops of barley, sesame or dates.

We can only guess at what Djedmaatesankh’s life would have been like, and try to imagine what her problems were. It is possible she was anxious about her inability to have children and certainly, as she approached her thirties, it is highly likely that she worried about her health.

Looking upon a face from so long ago, a face not unlike that of any other young woman in Egypt today, ties us more personally to history. In a way that was impossible for her to imagine, Djedmaatesankh has achieved a degree of fame in our 21-st century, appearing in dozens of newspapers and magazines.

8. Complete this text with these words: be able to, couldn’t, might, was able to, would (x2), be willing to, had to, should, was going to and one of the verbs in the correct form: cross, stop, find, spell, take, testify, be, make out.

’Hello! Mr Appleton!’

The voice was some distance behind him. He stopped raking the leaves and turned to see two women struggling up the driveway towards him. They were wearing identical T-shirts which had MADD in large black letters across the front! He had a sudden strange thought that they (1) … crazy people who (2) … . But they didn’t look crazy. As they came closer, he (3) … smaller letters under each of the big letters, spelling out the words ’Mothers Against Drunk Driving’.

’I’m so glad we found you. I’m Nettie Albright and this is Agnes Miller’.

He shook their outstretched hands. Agnes was wearing gloves.

’We talked to your wife this morning and she’s the one who told us we (4) … (5)…you here. She said she hadn’t really witnessed the accident, but you had. We were hoping you (6) … (7) …’. She (8) … and take a deep breath.

’You mean the car crash?’

’Yes, exactly, the crash. We need witnesses. That awful man says it wasn’t his fault. He (9) … out and shot! He’s a menace to society. We need your help to put him away’.

It had happened one early evening in July. I (10) … just cross the street when a car came racing through the red light, narrowly missing me, but smashing into another car in the middle of the junction. The woman in that car died. When the man who hit her turned out to be very drunk, it all changed from being an accident to being a criminal case.

9. Match each of these items with the phrase or sentence more likely to follow it.

1. We might go to Crete for our holiday.

2. We could go to Crete for our holiday.

a. We’re not sure yet.

b. Would you like to?

3. You could have told you were going to the beach.

4. You may have told me you were going to the beach.

a. I can’t remember.

b. I’d like to have gone with you.

5. The weather might not have been very good.

6. The weather couldn’t have been very good.

a. You haven’t got a suntan.

b. However, the hotel was fantastic.

7. I think John and his family might be living in Scotland.

8. This time next year John and his family might be living in Scotland.

a. It’s a long time since I’ve heard from him.

b. He’s applied for a job in Edinburgh.