UNIT 4 MODAL VERBS______KEY

MODAL VERBS EXERCISES – 2ND  BACH – SOLUTIONS

9)    You ______shouldn’t___________________ leave small objects lying around. Such objects _______may__________________ be swallowed by children.

10)People ______mustn’t___________________ walk on the grass

11)Drivers _________must________________ stop when the traffic lights are red

12)________May_________________ I ask a question? Yes, of course

13)You _______needn’t__________________ take your umbrella. It’s not raining

14)__________Can_______________ you speak Italian? No, I _______can’t__________________

15)You don’t look well. You ______should___________________ see a doctor

MODAL PERFECTS

9)    I _____should have bought____________________ (buy) more milk. I am almost out.

10)I didn’t do very well on the test. I _____should have spent____________________ (spend) more time studying.

11)No one is answering the phone. They _____might have gone____________________ (go) out

12)She ____can’t have forgotten ______________________ (not forget) to send you an invitation. I gave her your address

13)Laura hasn’t arrived yet. She ____may/could/might have missed______________________ (miss) the bus

14)You ______needn’t have gone____________________ (not go) to the supermarket. I had already done the shopping

15)They were very tired, so they _____can’t have gone_____________________ (go) to bed late

MODAL VERBS AND MODAL PERFECTS

11)He’s really shy. You  ___should have told______________________ (tell) him you liked him

12)Whose car is this? It ________must be _________________ (be) Anton’s. I think I saw him driving a red car like this one

13)I don’t believe it. It _____can’t be____________________ (be) true

14)She _____might have said___________________ (say) yes to a date. You never know

15)Mary _____could have eaten___________________ (eaten) the whole pizza for herself, she was so hungry!

16)You ____could run____________________ (run) faster if you weren’t so lazy

17)You ______can’t leave__________________ (leave) the class before the bell rings

18)You _____should behave___________________ (behave) well in front of the guests. Stop being silly

19)Perhaps the children will be home now, they ____might have arrived____________________ (arrive) while we were at the shops

20)My students _____would have finished___________________ (finish) their exercises by now

REWRITE NEXT SENTENCES

11)Perhaps we’ll rent our house next summer

       We may/might rent our house next summer

12)It’s absolutely necessary that we finish the article today

       We must/have to finish the article today

13)It wasn’t necessary for him to behave like that

       He needn’t have behaved like that

14)You cannot smoke in the underground, it’s forbidden

       You mustn’t smoke in the underground

15)It’s quite possible that they went away last week

       They may/could have gone away last week

16)I’m sure Ann didn’t send that letter

       Ann can’t have sent that letter

17)It was a mistake not to accept his offer. I wish I hadn’t

       I should have accepted his offer

18)It is essential that we talk before the meeting starts

       We must talk before the meeting starts

19)I don’t think Ann robbed the money. It’s impossible

       Ann can’t have robbed the money

20)It isn’t necessary to for us to book a table, I know one of the waiters

       We needn’t book a table, I know one of the waiters