Ability and Request | ||
#1 | He's very smart, he ..... speak several foreign languages and play music instruments. | can |
#2 | Chemistry is difficult for him. He ..... solve any problems. | can't |
#3 | I can't reach that shelf. ..... you get me those dishes, Susan? | Can |
#4 | Mozart ..... write symphonies when he was only five. | could |
#5 | I can cook very well now; I learnt last year. I ..... cook five years ago. | couldn't |
Permission | ||
#1 | I'm hungry. ..... have something to eat, grandma? | Can |
#2 | The guards told the tourists that they ..... take pictures of the paintings. It wasn't forbidden. | could |
#3 | We are outside the stadium now. We ..... go in without tickets. | can't |
#4 | As Hugue was 50 minutes late, he ..... enter the exam. | couldn't |
#5 | It was very dark, so we ..... see anything. | couldn't |
Obligation and Prohibition | ||
#1 | You ..... write in capital letters in the exam. It's a rule. | must |
#2 | You ..... run in the corridors. If you do that, you will be punished. | mustn't |
#3 | They are celebrating their anniversary on Saturday and now they ..... to prepare the party. | have |
#4 | I've already passed all my exams, so I ..... to study this summer. | don't have to |
#5 | We have done the shopping. She ..... to go to the market. | doesn't have |
Suggestions, Advice | ||
#1 | Have you got an exam tomorrow? You ..... revise. | should |
#2 | Invite everybody to the party. You ..... hurt anyone's feelings. | shouldn't |
#3 | This cake is delicious. He ..... taste it. | should |
#4 | Did you both get angry? I think you ..... speak to him and everything will be all right. | should |
#5 | It's freezing outside. They ..... forget their coats. | shouldn't |
Modal Verbs | ||
#1 | Which modal verb do we use to make suggestions? | should |
#2 | Which are the past forms of can and can't? | could, couldn't |
#3 | Which modal verb do we use with the preposition TO? | have to, has to |
#4 | Which two modal verbs do we use to express obligation? | must, have to |
#5 | When it's not necessary to do something, we use the modal verbs ..... (name the third person singular and the other forms) | don't have to / doesn't have to |
Final Question | |
Which of these verbs are NOT modals? must, should, are, has to, can, does, could, did, have to, didn't, mustn't, doesn't, couldn't | are, does, did, didn't doesn't |