6. Write these sentences in a different way using may or might.

M o d e l: Perhaps Margaret is in her office.

She might be in her office.

1. Perhaps Margaret is busy…

2. Perhaps she is working….

3. Perhaps she wants to be alone….

4. Perhaps she was ill yesterday….

5. Perhaps she went home early….

6. Perhaps she had to go home early….

7. Perhaps she was working yesterday….

8. Perhaps she doesn’t want to see me….

9. Perhaps she isn’t working today.

10. Perhaps she wasn’t feeling well yesterday….

7. Put in can or could.

1. The phone is ringing. Who do you think it is? It… be Tom.

2. I’m really hungry, I… eat a horse!

3. If you are very hungry, we… have dinner now.

4. It’s so nice here. I… stay here all day but unfortunately I have to go.

5. I can’t find my bag. Have you seen it? No, but it… be in the car.

6. Peter is a keen musician. He plays the flute and he…also plays the piano.

7. What shall we do? There’s a film on television. We watch that.

8. The weather is nice now but it…change later.

9.I don’t know when they’ll be here. They…arrive any time.

10.I’m so angry with him. I…kill him.

11. It’s a nice day. We…go for a walk.

12.“What shall we do this evening?”

“We…go to the cinema.”

13. When we go to New York next month, we… stay with Barbara.

8. Make sentences from the words in brackets.

1. Don’t phone Ann now (she/might/have lunch)

2. I wonder why Tom didn’t phone me. (he must/forget)

3. What is Linda doing. I am not sure. (she may/watch/television)

4. Ann was standing on the platform. (she must/wait/for the train)

5. He was in prison at the time that the crime was committed, so (he/couldn’t/do/it).

6. George was in a strange mood yesterday. (he might not/feel/very well)

9. Combine the two sentences as in the models.

M o d e l s : I teach English here. I am glad of it. – I am glad to teach

English here.

We helped him. We are happy about it. – We are happy

to have helped him.

1. I work at the factory. I am happy about it.

2. I see you. I am glad of it.

3. I am spending my holidays in the Crimea. I am happy about it.

4. I am listening to the symphony. I am glad of it.

5. He doesn’t understand this rule. He is sorry about it.

6. She has not been working all these years. She is sorry about it.

7. I was waked early this morning. I am glad of it.

8. She was not invited to the evening party. She is sorry about it.

9. I was examined yesterday. I am glad of it.

10. State the function of the infinitive in the sentences. Translate them.

1. Everyone had a wish to say something. (Gaskell)

2. He decided to go alone. (Gordon)

3. We must work hard to live. (Abrahams)

4. The question must be answered. (Heyt)

5. It was difficult to believed. (Dickens)

6. She was going to my rooms to see my aunt. (Dickens)

7. She had no desire to open her heart to her aunt. (Gaskell)

8. The great thing is to make a good breakfast. (Jerome)

9. I am ready to go with Annie. (Dickens)

10. Nothing could be done before morning. (Gaskell)

11. It wasn’t safe to cross the bridge at night. (Greene)

12. To earn a living he became a salesman. (Carter)

13. The man was the first to speak. (Gaskell)

14. I am too old be given a hiding. (Shaw)

15. This is my bench, and you have no right to take it away from me. (Albee)