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Grammar practice – reinforcement

Unit 2

Modal verbs 1

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

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1 Can I / Am I able to have a replacement, please? 2 You need to be able to / manage to drive if you live in the

1 Don’t forget to take some money – you can need it.

country.

2 Sam mustn’t be 16 already – don’t they grow up quickly!

3 I thought we were going to be late but we could / managed



to arrive on time.

3 I didn’t know! You must have told me!

4 You could have gone / were able to go to the supermarket for



me if you weren’t busy.

4 We can’t get the chance to go on holiday this year, as we

5 Could I have / Could I borrow your car at the weekend?

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don’t have much money.

Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.

5 Thank you! I couldn’t have did it without you.

1 It’s a good idea for you to talk to her. (should)





2 It’s OK. It’s not obligatory for you to give me the money back. (needn’t)

Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.

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Complete the sentences with the words from the box. be able to  can  don’t need to  have to  might not

3 It’s obligatory for us to do something about climate change.

must mustn’t should

(must)

1 You

4 It’s necessary for you to feed the cat before you go out.

light a fire here – it’s

illegal.

(need)

2 I



do the shopping if you like –

I’ve got plenty of time.

5 It isn’t a good idea to put glass containers in with the

3 I have lots of work to do so I

ordinary rubbish. (shouldn’t)

go to the festival.



4 You

help with the cooking –

I’ll do it by myself.

6 It’s not necessary for Jim to go to the supermarket. I’ve already been. (have to)

5 I need to borrow some tools in order to fix my bike.



6 You

choose the one you like not the one everyone tells you to choose.

7 We are not allowed to be late. (mustn’t)

7 They

move to a smaller house now that Dan has lost his job.

8 It’s a really good idea for you to recycle more. (have)

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8 You

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1 Climate change a global disaster. a should be  b  might be  c  must have been 2 We global warming if we had acted sooner. a could have prevented  b  must have prevented c can prevent 3 The planet permanently damaged. a mustn’t have been  b  might have already been c should already be 4 Our parents anything about the problem 50 years ago. a might know  b  may not know  c  couldn’t have known 5 We fossil fuels forever. a can’t continue burning  b  should continue burning c must have burnt 6 We thinking about the issue. a couldn’t have stopped  b  may stop  c  mustn’t stop PHOTOCOPIABLE © Cambridge University Press 2015

stop getting stressed –

it’s affecting your health.

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Complete the sentences with a suitable modal verb according to the meaning given in brackets.

1 We

reduce greenhouse gases. (strong

obligation)

2 It 3 You

work; but then again maybe not. (possibility) talk to him and tell him how you feel.

(advice)

4 It

been John because he’s in Germany.

(impossibility)

5 George arrived by now – it’s 5 pm. (certainty) 6 The police stopped us – we go any closer. (no permission)

7 8 You

I look at your newspaper, please? (permission)

(no obligation)

finish that until next month.