Complete the sentences CAN, CAN’T , COULD, COULDN’T , MUST or MUSTN’T.
1. She is a small baby. She ______________ eat meat, but she ______________ drink milk.
2. He is so ill that he ______________ see the doctor.
3. It’s raining heavily. You ______________ take your own umbrella.
4. We ______________ pick the flowers in the park. It’s forbidden.
5. I ______________ sing now but I ______________ sing very well when I was a child.
6. Mike is only nine months old. He ______________ eat nuts yet.
7. He has a lot of weight so he ______________ run so fast.
8. I’m very tall, so I ______________ play basketball.
9. You ______________ park that car there. It’s a no-parking zone.
10.Many students in Great Britain ______________ wear a uniform when they go to school.
11.George has travelled a lot. He ______________ speak 4 languages.
12.I ______________ come with you now because I’m studying for my test.
13.Footballers ______________ touch the ball with their hands.
14.______________ I use your phone ?
15.I’m sorry I ______________ come yesterday. I had to work late.
16.You ______________ speed through the city. It’s dangerous!
17.You have been coughing a lot recently. You ______________ smoke so much.
18.I’m very tired today. I ______________ clean my room now, but I’ll do it tomorrow.
19.I ______________ eat lasagne when I was a child, but I like it today.
20.We ______________ go to the bank today. We haven’t got any money left.
21.You ______________ sleep in that room. It’s full of boxes and other stuff.
22.I ______________ swim very far these days, but ten years ago, I ______________ swim
over to the other side of the lake.
23.You have a bad headache, so you ______________ go to bed earlier.
24.I ______________ feed the baby now, so can you do it for me ?
25.Tourists ______________ take their passports with them when they go abroad.
Complete the sentences with MUST, MUSTN’T or NEEDN’T.
1. It’s very warm outside. You _____________________ take a coat with you.
2. You _____________________ speak with a full mouth. that’s very impolite.
3. The doctor said I _____________________ smoke so much.
4. In England you _____________________ drive on the left side of the road but in other
European countries you _____________________.
5. Students _____________________ be late for school.
6. Small children _____________________ play with matches.
7. You _____________________ drive so fast. We have plenty of time left.
8. Do you want me to wait for you? – No, it’s OK. You _____________________ wait.
9. You _____________________ take a taxi. You can go by bus.
10.All candidates _____________________ send in their application forms by Friday.
11.You _____________________ be very hungry. I’ll get you something to eat.
12.Jackie gave me an important letter. I _____________________ forget to post it.
13.They _____________________ go to school today. It’s Thanksgiving.
14.The book I gave you is very valuable. You _____________________ be careful and take
good care of it.
15.We have enough food in the fridge, so we _____________________ go shopping every
day.
16.You _____________________ make a mess in the house, or else mom will be very
angry.
17.You _____________________ come if you don’t want to, but I hope you do.
18.You _____________________ shout in a library.
19.I _____________________ take my medicine three times a day.
20.You _____________________ help me. I can prepare the meal on my own.
Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more
than one answer is possible.
MAY – MIGHT – CAN – CAN’T – SHOULD – SHOULDN’T – MUST – HAVE TO – HAS
TO - NEEDN’T – MUSTN’T – DON’T HAVE TO – DOESN’T HAVE TO
1. ___________________ I use your pen, please?
2. You really ___________________ see that new documentary. It’s fantastic.
3. You ___________________ write 30 sentences for homework because you have
misbehaved.
4. You ___________________ to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.
5. Please, excuse me but I really ___________________ go now.
6. John, you ___________________ speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you!
7. We ___________________ watch TV tonight. We haven’t decided yet.
8. If you’ve got such a bad cough, you ___________________ smoke.
9. I am happy to inform you that I ___________________ come to work next week.
10.You ___________________ make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.
11.She ___________________ work hard because she’s a single parent and has little
money.
12.You ___________________ go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got some
time left.
13.According to the weather report it ___________________ rain this afternoon.
14.He ___________________ speak Italian fluently because he spent 5 years there.
15.That __________________ be John over there. He said he would be in America this
week.
16.You ___________________ take the test seriously, even if you already have enough
good
grades to pass.
17.I ___________________ go out tonight, but I don’t think so. I feel too tired.
18.___________________ Mary come with us?
19.You ___________________ speak French. I can speak English quite well.
20.You ___________________ take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium. Otherwise
you won’t get in.
Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more
than one answer is possible.
CAN – CAN’T - COULDN’T – COULD HAVE - HAD TO – MIGHT - MUST - MUSTN’T -
NEEDN’T – SHOULD HAVE - WOULD
1. It’s quite warm outside so you __________________ put on a coat.
2. You __________________ go home now. You __________________ finish writing those
emails. They can wait until tomorrow.
3. He __________________ gone to the doctor when he started feeling ill. Now it’s going to
take longer for him to recover,
4. According to the weather report it __________________ rain today, but I’m not so sure
about it.
5. My mother gave me an important letter to post, so I ________________ forget to post it.
6. You __________________ come if you don’t want to.
7. Children __________________ play with matches.
8. That _________________ be Harry. He said he was going to Paris. What’s he doing
here?
9. We will have to take a taxi to the airport, otherwise we __________________ miss our
plane.
10.I __________________ like to go to the cinema with you this weekend. How about it?
11.When I went to Spain for the first time, I __________________ speak a word of
Spanish.
12.This jewellery is very valuable. My grandmother gave it to me. You __________________
look after it carefully and __________________ lose it.
13.She felt ill and __________________ leave the office earlier.
14.You __________________ be very thirsty. I’ll bring you something to drink right away.
15.You should buy a lottery ticket this weekend. You __________________ win up to 3
million dollars.
16.You __________________ informed me about the flight delay.
17.__________________ you pass me the sugar, please?
18.You __________________ smoke in public places or restaurants. It’s against the law.
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