MODAL PRACTICE
SHEET 311. CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORDS:
a. Look at these clouds. I think it (must/might) rain soon.
b. Do you have toothache? Don´t you think you (should/have to) go to the dentist?
c. I would like to talk to you. (May/Would) I call you at home?
d. When she was younger, she (can/could) run much faster.
e. It was very difficult, but Danny (might/was able to) get a ticket for the football match.
12. WHAT DO YOU USE TO EXPRESS:
a. ability in the present and in the past.
b. Obligation
c. A request
d. Possibility in the future
e. Prohibition
f. Advice.
13. CHOOSE THE CORRECT MODAL VERB.
1. My brother could walk/might walk before he started talking.
2. You have worked very hard. You could be /must be tired.
3. Helen mustn´t do/couldn´t do her homework, because she was ill.
4. The weather forecast says it may rain/should rain tomorrow.
5. I´ll try to finish, but I can´t have/ might not have enough time.
6. Jim always goes on holiday to the same place. He might like/must like it there.
14. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
Students in modern secondary schools in the UK.
Sometimes feel that they have to/should to complain about homework, but life isn´t too bad. It is true that they can´t/must study
a lot, but 50 years ago schools were stricter. Students mustn´t/weren´t allowed to speak without permission and had to/needn´t
show teachers a lot of respect. Teachers and head teachers are able to/could use corporal punishment if students broke the rules.
Also, in many boarding schools and private schools, senior students (older) need to/were allowed to hit junior students
(younger). Juniors had to/must obey the seniors. The seniors could/must tell the juniors to clean their shoes or make their beds.
This might/can´t seem strange to teenagers today, but school authorities thought that juniors should/ought to learn how to serve.
Fortunately, young people nowadays needn´t/mustn´t worry about that.
15. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1.A policeman stopped Mr West for driving through a red light.
He told Mr West that he may have/must have /ought to have stopped at the light.
7. A man is waiting for the results of a driving test.
He thinks he may have/ought to have/shouldn´t have failed.
8. Sally feels ill.
She shouldn´t have/could have/might have eaten so much at the party.
9. My friend didn´t meet me at the restaurant
He must have/might have/could have called to tell me that he wasn´t coming.
10. The Browns are stepping into a new car.
They may have/must have/should have bought a new car.
16. FILL IN THE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FORM OF “SHOULD HAVE, M UST HAVE OR COULD
HAVE” TOGETHER WITH THE VERB IN BRACKETS
Jim Kelly loves camping. He remembers an early camping experience. “We packed up to leave at 5.00. We
_________________(stay) longer because it was so cold. We picked up all the litter carefully, but we ______________(pay)
more attention to our fire. We ______________(leave) the forest without checking that the fire was out. We
______________(notice) that the fire was still burning.
One of the campers looked back and saw leaves burning near the campfire. The wind __________________(blow) the leaves
onto the fire. We rushed back and threw water onto the flames. We were lucky that we saw the burning leaves. It
__________________(easily cause) a disaster.”
