29992 modal verbs

MODULE 7 Modal Verbs
Student: ................................

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I Put the word in brackets in the most appropriate form:
1. Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It .................... (cost) a fortune.
2. Please make sure to water my plants while I am gone. If they don't get enough water, they
.................. (die).
3. You ......................... (finish) this raport by today.
4. Children ............................ (wear) uniforms.
5. Do you ..................... (chew) with your mouth open like that? Geez, it's making me sick
watching you eat that piece of pizza
6. Picasso ............................ (paint) this picture. It is a different art style.
7. You were wrong . It ................................... (be) Mark for he has beenabroad for 2 monts
now.
8. The money disappeared. Someone .................... (take) them.
9. I don’t have my umbrella with me. I .......................................... (leave) it in the shop.
10. When I was a child, I ......................... (play) the piano, now I forgot.
11. The accident could be caused because he .............................. (see) the sign.
12. You ............................... (waste) time before the exam.
13. During the war they ..................................... for the nemy, it is supposed.
14. He is always lying. He .............................. (tell) you the truth.
15. How ............. I .................. (help) you?
16. You ................................... (put) warm clothes on because it’s freezing cold.
17. She ............................ (lose) some weight – it will be good for her health.
18. He’s clad in a suit. He ............................ (go) to the party.
19. .................... we ................. (move) into the living room? It's more comfortable in there
and there's a beautiful view of the lake.
20. Oh my God, he's unconscious. Don't move him – he .............................. (have) internal

injuries. Somebody call an ambulance.

II Detect and correct the errors:
1. Mike is out. He must gone.
2. Let’s we go to the theatre.
3. He was to have made an appointment.
4. I didn’t need to cook dinner, but I did it.
5. She mustn’t go to there if she doesn’t want.
6. I am able to play the piano.
7. You’d better to go to the doctor.
8. I needn’t have done shopping because my roommate did it.
9. You can have warned him. Why didn’t you do it?
10. My boss said that I must come to work earlier.


III Paraphrase using the beginning given:
1. Was it necessary for you to stay there?
Did you ..................................................................................................................
2. Let’s go to the cinema.
Shall ......................................................................................................................?
3. I’m certain it has stopped snowing now.
It must .....................................................................................................................
4. You mustn’t feed animals in the ZOO.
It is forbidden ..........................................................................................................
5. You should go to the doctor.
I advise you ..............................................................................................................
IV Paraphrase using the word given:
1. I’m sure he informed his boss about his resignation.
............................................................................................................................. (have)
2. I took more luggage than was necessary on my holiday.

.............................................................................................................................. (taken)
3. Perhaps she was telling you lies.
............................................................................................................................... (been)
4. I’m certain he didn’t know me.
.............................................................................................................................. (known)
5. It would be a good idea to stop smoking.
............................................................................................................................... (to)


ex.1
1. must have cost
2. might die
3. should have finished
4. should wear/ should not wear/ have to/ don’t have to
5. do you have to chew
6. can’t/couldn’t have painted
7. can’t/couldn’t have been
8. could have taken
9. must have left
10. could play
11. may/might not have seen
12. shouldn’t waste/ can’t waste
13. can/may have been doing
14. couldn’t tell
15. can/may I help
16. had better put/ should put
17. has to
18. may/can/must be going
19. Shall we move
20. might have

ex.2
1. must gone -> must have gone
2. without ‘we’
3. was to have made -> was to make
4. didn’t need to cook -> needn’t have cooked
5. musn’t -> doesn’t have to
6. am able to -> can
7. ‘d better to -> ‘d better
8. needn’t have done -> didn’t have to/needn’t have to
9. can have warned -> could warn
10. must -> have to
ex.3
1. Did you have to stay there?
2. Shall we go to the cinema?
3. It must have stopped raining now.
4. It is forbidden to feed animals in ZOO.
5. I advise you to go to the doctor.
ex.4
1. He must have informed his boos about his resignation.
2. I needn’t have taken so much luggage on my holiday.
3. She may have been telling you lies.
4. He couldn’t have known me.
5. You ought to stop smoking.