- •4 Complete these sentences with be, have or have been.
- •5 Write the eight completed sentences from Exercise 4 in appropriate spaces in this table.
- •6 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add these forms.
- •7 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the adjectives and modals.
- •8 Do Editing. Correct the mistakes in the use of modals in this text.
- •9 Complete this dialogue with these forms.
- •11 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with one pair of words, plus appropriate forms of can, could or be able to.
- •12 Complete this joke with appropriate forms of can or could.
- •13 Choose an ending (a-f) for each beginning (1-6) and add can, mayor be allowed to.
- •1 Can’t 4 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •15 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with an adjective and a modal.
- •16 Complete this text with appropriate forms of can or could plus these verbs.
- •1 Could 7 Correct the mistakes in these sentences using may, might, can or could.
- •18 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete the sentences with these words and appropriate forms of must or have to.
- •19 Complete these sentences with the verbs and adjectives.
- •20 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •21 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add appropriate forms of must or can't.
- •22 Complete this dialogue with must or couldn't plus appropriate forms of the verbs.
- •23 Add these nouns and verbs to these sentences.
- •4 Complete these sentences with be, to be, being or been and decide what type of passive each one is.
- •5 Complete this news report with these verbs in the passive.
- •6 Complete each sentence with a passive so that it has a similar meaning to the one above.
- •7 Choose one passive verb phrase for each space in these sentences (from a report on the use of dna testing by the police).
- •8 Rewrite each sentence with the verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •10 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •13 Complete these sentences, using appropriate forms of these verbs in combination.
- •14 Rewrite these sentences with verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •15 Complete these sentences (from an article about Shakespeare) with appropriate forms of the verbs, plus by or with where necessary.
- •16 Choose an ending (a-d) for each beginning (1-4) and add these verbs.
- •17 Add appropriate forms of these verbs to the text. Then in the space below, write those expressions (if any) that are used in the text to identify the agents of these verbs.
Complex modals
4 Complete these sentences with be, have or have been.
Example: She shouldn't….have…..taken Tom's dictionary. I'm sure he'll be looking for it later.
I was glad that my old computer could repaired. I would
hated to have to buy a new one.
Children may not…………….left alone in the playground. They must……………...accompanied by an adult.
Where's Tony? He should helping you clear out the garage. I guess he must
forgotten about it.
We weren't tired. We could easily chatted for another hour. But we would
probably asked to leave the restaurant. It was getting late.
5 Write the eight completed sentences from Exercise 4 in appropriate spaces in this table.
Prediction: will, would, be going to, shall I’m sure he’ll be looking for it later.
1……………………………………………………. Prediction: will, would, be going to, shall
2……………………………………………………. Willingness, habits and preferences: will, would
3…………………………………………………….. Ability: can, could, be able to
4…………………………………………………….. Permission: can, could, may, might, be allowed to
5…………………………………………………….. Possibility: may might, can, could
6…………………………………………………….. Necessity: must, have to, have got to, need to, needn't
7…………………………………………………….. Deduction: must, have to, can't, couldn't
Obligation: should, ought to, be supposed to, had better She shouldn’t have taken Tom’s dictionary.
8……………………………………………………… Obligation: should, ought to, be supposed to, had better
6 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add these forms.
able to will be must be ought going to can’t won’t must have should be may have been
You know there a test tomorrow (...) a so that we….…………………be late.
Samantha isn't ……….study at all(…) b so I……..………..…left it somewhere.
I……………………………...….find my calculator (...) с so she……….……feeling very confident.
We …...…to check the timetable(…) d so he probably isn't………………..write.
Mark's arm …injured (...) e so you……………….studying tonight.
7 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the adjectives and modals.
advisable inconceivable regrettable can’t should will hypothetical inevitable reluctant might shouldn't wouldn't
Someone who says, 'It is that the police didn't do something sooner' feels that
the police have acted sooner.
If someone says it is to wait, it means that you act immediately.
When you describe something as , you are certain that it happen.
It was clear that he was to talk and we get any information from him.
If you say that something is , you mean that you imagine it at all.
When something is described as , it is based on an idea about what
happen and not on a real situation.
8 Do Editing. Correct the mistakes in the use of modals in this text.
A
dilemma is a situation in which you have a choice and you are not
sure what you should to.
In my dilemma, I had a good job as a secretary for a big company, but I really wanted to become a teacher and I didn't could do that without going to university. If I decided to do that, I knew I will have to quit my job and, as a student, I have much less money. I talked about my dilemma with one of the other secretaries and she warned me that I don't should give up such a good job. She said that a young woman supposed to think about getting a husband, not going to university. It really was a dilemma and I couldn't decided what I ought do. But then I talked to my aunt Maria. She told me that she should go to university when she was younger. She decided not to go and she regretted it. She thought that I should to give it a try. She said I didn't should be afraid and that she may can help me pay for things with some money she had saved. That was the end of my dilemma.
Prediction: will, would, be going to, shall