Ex. 3. Use an appropriate modal verb for prohibition.

REVISION EXERCISES

Spring semester

Modal verbs

Ex. 1. Use a suitable form of can, could, be able to, manage to to complete the sentences.

1. "I was a bit nervous early on and made a few mistakes but in the end I _____________ to play good tennis," said Hingis.

2. My hosting account was having a few problems so I __________ get access to my site.

3. I ___________ remember the email address I signed up with. What do I do?

4. I've realised lately that no matter how hard I try I am not going to _______________ read every single page on the internet.

5. I ________________ to watch TV that much this past year due to a combination of things.

6. Vladimir Nabokov was born in 1899 to a wealthy family from St Petersburg. By the age of seven, he _____________ speak French and English fluently.

7. After long research Lavoisier _____________ to prove that water consisted of oxygen and hydrogen.

8. Sometimes I _______________ follow what she's talking about because she's not making any sense.

9. The gas _____________ be used to power electricity generators, or it _____________ be used elsewhere, i.e. in transportation or the chemical industry.

10. The House of Lords are expected to announce whether parents wrongly accused of battering their children _________________ to claim damages for their suffering.

Ex. 2. Paraphrase the sentences using an appropriate modal verb for general or specific possibility.

1. Who do you think it is at this time of night?

2. Both devotees and opponents of a particular religion are sometimesoffended by an excessive display of the symbols of that religion.

3. Assuming that parallel evolution occurred on these other planets, it is possible that there are intelligent life forms there.

4. Where the purchaser had no knowledge of the fraud and had paid value for the property, maybe the Court will decide in favour of the purchaser.

5. Acts of killing are sometimes driven by greed, hatred, or delusion.

6. I wonder where that sound comes from?

Ex. 3. Use an appropriate modal verb for prohibition.

1. Even if you are earning millions and are the most famous player in the world, you ____________ behave like a diva.

2. In the first place you ___________ever forget to mind what grown-up people tell you.

3. Applicants _________________ leave the designated examination area while the examination is in session.

4. Passengers _______________ save seats for other boarding passengers on crowded trains.

5. I'm afraid you _______________ leave until you've finished that work.

6. But you ________________ argue with your father. He doesn't like it, and when he's annoyed everybody suffers.

7. You ______________ lose your temper because you're supposed to be nice all the time.

8. “You _____________drink milk when you have a stomach ache,” his mother said to him.

9. “We almost lost our native language because of colonization…our ancestors _____________________ speak our first language, they weren't allowed to teach us.” (a New Zealand aborigine)

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