Britain:

drive a car	17
buy cigarettes	16
be served in a pub / bar	18
enter a pub / bar	14
vote in elections	18
join the army	16
get married with your parents' permission	16
get married without your parents' permission	18

5.3 Insert may (might) or be allowed to. Use be allowed to only when may (might) is not correct.

1. ………. I bring my sister to the party? 2. He asked if he.……. bring his sister to the party. 3. After they had finished their homework, the children ... watch TV. 4. He ... join the sports section as soon as he is through with his medical examination. 5. Becky's mother said that everybody ... take part in the picnic. 6. He….go home if he likes. 7. As soon as the boy ... leave the room, he smiled a happy smile and ran out to join his friends outside. 8. The doctor says I am much better. I ... get up for a few hours every day.

5.4 Make up questions to the following statements.

e.g. Mrs Snow feels bad. She wants her boss to let her leave her office earlier. What does she say? => May I leave earlier?

1. Ted is tired and needs a day off. What does he say? 2. Mr. Newton is nervous and wants to speak to the pilot. He asks the stewardess... 3. You want to use the telephone but the line is busy. Mary has been talking for forty minutes. What do you say? 4. Your car has broken down and you must meet a friend at the airport. Ask your neighbour to let you have his car. 5. You don't like your room at the hotel. You want to have another room. What do you say?

5.5 Make up sentences stating what one is not allowed to do.

e.g. Children under 16 / to see the film => Children under 16 may not see the film.

1. You / to take dogs to the restaurant……………….. 2. Children under 7 / to enter unless they are with a grown-up…………... 3. Alcoholic drinks / to be sold to people under 18…………..……….. 4. Students / to smoke in the classrooms………….. 5. You / to enter wearing a hat ……………… .

5.6 Insert the verbs given below in the sentences with may.

e.g. May / read this document? - Yes, you may.

No, you mustn't.

to come, to ask, to stay, to leave, to give, to speak, to see, to go,

to take, to smoke, to watch, to learn, to play, to have, to continue.

1. You may……….my car. 2. You may………. at us till Monday. 3. You may……….. here. 4. Your brother may…in this room. 5. Our secretary may.......... at half past ten. 6. You may…… coffee. 7. They may TV. 8. They may……any language. 9. You may…….after you make this translation. 10. He may …..to the party. 11. May I……. you a question? 12. May I…….this work? 13. May I……. to you on the phone? 14. May I…….you advice? 15. May I……. this business letter?

5.7 Write was(n't)/were(n't) allowed to or could(n't). If either is possible, write them both.

1. When I was young, children could / were allowed to leave school when they were 14. 2. Although he didn't have the necessary papers, he ………………….. enter the country. 3. To the children's surprise, last night they …………………. go to the party with their parents. 4. Although I had travelled all day to see him, I ………………… speak to the manager. 5. They feared that he would kill again if he …………………. go free. 6. She ………….. leave school until she had completed her work. 7. When the weeds (семена) …………. get out of control, the garden was ruined. 8. I …………………. visit Mark in prison, but I ………….. send him letters and parcels. 9. The older girls ……………… wear lipstick (помада). 10. Before the meeting finished, I ……………….. give my side of the story.

5.8 Insert the modal verbs may (might) or can (could).

1. ... I use your pen? 2. ... I find a pen on that table? d. You ... read this book: you know the language well enough. 4. You ... take this book: I don't need it 5 I help you? 6. ... I ask you to help me? 7. ... you help me? 8. 1 ... not imagine her speaking in public: I knew that she was so shy. 9. Something was wrong with the car: he ……. not start it. 10. A fool ... ask more questions than a wise man ……… answer. 11. She asked me if she ... use my telephone. 12. The school was silent: nothing ……… be heard in the long dark corridors. 13. Waiting ... be endless, you know. 14. ….. you tell me the nearest way to the city museum? 15. They ... think that I am too weak to take part in the excursion, but I am strong enough to do any kind of hard work, indeed. 16. He knew this period of history very well: he had read everything on the subject he ... find in the rich university library.

5.9 Translate the sentences using may.

1. Можно мне войти? 2. Можно, я пойду гулять? 3. Если твоя работа готова, можешь идти домой. 4. Учитель сказал, что мы можем идти домой. 5. Док­тор говорит, что я уже могу купаться. 6. Папа сказал, что мы можем идти в кино одни. 7. Я думал, что мне можно смотреть телевизор. 8. Если ты не наденешь пальто, ты можешь заболеть. 9. Не уходи из дома: мама может скоро прийти, а у нее нет ключа. 10. Будь осторожен: ты можешь упасть. 11. Не трогай собаку: она может укусить тебя. 12. Мы, может быть, поедем за город в воскресенье. 13. Он может забыть об этом. 14. Скоро может пойти дождь.

5.10. Translate the sentences using to be allowed to.

1. Мне разрешают пользоваться папиным магни­тофоном. 2. Дети уже большие. Им разрешают ходить в школу одним. 3. Ему не разрешают купаться в этой реке. 4. Вчера ей позволили прийти домой в десять часов. 5. Нам не позволяют разговаривать на уроках. 6. Тебе позволили взять эту книгу? 7. Я думаю, мне не разрешат поехать с тобой за город. 8. Тебе разре­шат пойти гулять, когда ты сделаешь уроки. 9. Тебе разрешали ходить на озеро, когда ты был маленький? 10. Когда мне разрешат есть мороженое?

5.11 Complete this article about learning to drive in Britain. Put in a positive or negative form of be allowed to, have to, be to.

In Britain you ... drive a car when you're seventeen. You ... get a special two-year driving licence before you can start. When you're learning, someone with a full licence always ... be in the car with you because you ... take the car on the road alone. You ... go to a driving school - a friend can teach you. The person with you ... take money for the lesson unless he's got a teacher's licence.

Before you... have a full licence, you ... take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it... be fit for the road. In the test you ... drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't pass the test, you ... take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you've not passed your test, you ... take it again, and you ... go on driving as long as you like, provided you are fit. Britain's oldest driver was a Norfolk man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone ... drive, even children. Then from 1904 motorists ... have a licence. But they ... take a test until 1935. In the early days of motoring, before 1878, cars ... go faster than four miles an hour, and someone ... walk in front of the car with a red flag.