10. Grammar

1. Complete the sentences with a modal verb and an infinitive in the appropriate from.

Example: You must have been talking (talk) on the phone for a long time last night: I phoned four times and it was engaged.

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1. I ___(come) and visit you at the weekend. Anyway, I’ll give you a ring to let you know.

2. She was with a man I didn’t recognize. It ___(be) her brother because he looked a bit like her.

3. The roads are fairly quiet today so we ___(have) a good journey.

4. “Do you think Josephine ___(be) at home now?”

“No, she ___. She ___(have) a swim. She always does at this time in the morning”.

5. “Why do you think Tricia was in such a hurry?”

“I don’t know. She ___(run) to catch the bus.

6. These glasses ___(be) Tim’s: they look a bit like his.

7. I ___(join) the sports club in the summer but I haven’t decided yet.

8. What a terrible thing to have happened. You ___(be) terrified.

9. I told her you were coming so she ___(expect) you.

10. They’ve just rung the bell so the children ___(be) out of the classrooms in a minute.

11. That looks like Jack but it ___(not be) him. He went to live in Australia last year.

12. I’ve got a stomach-ache this morning. I ___(eat) too much last night or I ___(have) some sort of virus.

13. We ___(leave) at 11 o’clock last night because the last bus went a 11.20.

14. I don’t think you ___(offer) to help him. You’ve got enough work to do yourself.

15. They ___(not pay) to stay in a hotel. They can stay with us.

16. We’ve been staying in a hotel for the last two weeks so we ___(not cook) our own meals.

17. You ___(come round) for dinner one evening. We haven’t had a good talk for a long time.

18. We ___(run) all the way to the station because we were late for the train.

19. It’s your own fault that you’re do tired. You ___(not go) to bed so late.

20. Why ___the prisoners ___(be locked) in their cells all day?

21. Hurry up. You ___(not have) a bath now. The taxi’s coming in twenty minutes.

22. You ___(not tell) him what happened. He would never forgive us.

23. You ___(not allow) David to walk home from school every day on his own. He’s too young.

24. I don’t like ___(do) everything my boss tells me to do.

25. You ___(go) to that new French restaurant in town. It’s the best restaurant I’ve ever been to.

26. Paul ___(not get up) early in the morning but everyone else in the house does.

27. If I fail any one of my exams, I ___(take) all of them again in November.

28. You ___(work) when I came into the room, not talking.

29. I ___(tell) him what you really think of him next time you see him if I were you.

30. The wedding’s been cancelled so I ___(not buy) that new suit: it was a waste of money.

31. I ___(take) the children to school every morning before I go to work.

32. You ___(not eat) in the lecture halls: it’s against the college regulations.

33. I’d like you to come to the meeting but you ___(not come) if you don’t want to.

34. This letter ____(be hidden) where no-one will ever find it. Its contents ___(remain) a secret forever.

35. ___(you/ wear) a uniform at work?

36. Please, don’t say anymore. I already know the truth so you ___(not lie) to me.

37. Employees ___(follow) the safety regulations.

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