- •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.
12 Complete this joke with appropriate forms of can or could.
Did you hear about the woman who went fishing, but(l)………….. catch anything? On her
way home, she stopped at the market so that she(2)……………………… buy two fish. She then
stepped back a few paces and asked the fish seller if he (3)…………. throw them to her.
The puzzled man asked, 'Why?' The woman answered, 'So that I (4)………….tell my
husband that I caught a couple of fish today!'
Permission: can, could, may, might, be allowed to
13 Choose an ending (a-f) for each beginning (1-6) and add can, mayor be allowed to.
New students not register (...) a as if he was interested in my drawing.
Children shouldn't (...) b because there's no more work to do.
He casually asked,' I see that?' (...) с for more than three classes.
You might not go in (...) d eat or drink during a test.
You all leave early today (...) e if you're under 21.
They are unlikely to (...) f play with matches.
1 Can’t 4 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
My
friend Dana can
not
say 'No'. If another student asks her, 'Can I borrow your pen?’,
she always says, 'Of course, you could', and hands it over, even
when she only has one pen and it means she isn't being able to do
her own work. After I heard her do that one day, I told her that she
can have said, 'Sorry, but you cannot, because I only have one pen.'
In reply, she said, 'But how do they could do their work without a
pen?' I knew that I can have tried to answer that question, but
somehow I didn't think I'll can change how she behaved, no matter
what I said.
Possibility: may, might, can, could
15 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with an adjective and a modal.
absurd feasible theoretical may may be might
disqualified potential undecided may not (x2) may have might not
Your uncle run in a marathon when he was younger, but it's
to keep describing him as 'one of the top runners'.
She……..…..…..breaking the rules and will possibly be……….…...from the rest of the competition.
If someone is about an action, they or……………………do it.
We knew about the……….…….problems and the workmen had said they…………...finish on time.
Your plan be approved because people don't think it's economically
From a perspective, that happen, but nobody thinks it will.
16 Complete this text with appropriate forms of can or could plus these verbs.
avoid be not imagine pick save not send
These days, when we (l) up a phone and call anywhere in the world, we really
don't realize, and often (2) , how difficult long-distance communication(3)…………..for people in the past. In the early 19th century the Treaty of Ghent brought an end to the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States. But the news(4)………………..across the Atlantic fast enough to stop General Andrew Jackson attacking and defeating the British forces in New Orleans a full three weeks after the treaty was signed. With better communication, the battle (5)……………and the lives of more than two thousand people (6)……………