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e: Hi, Jane. Have you had an _______________(interest) day?
Jane: I've had a very _______________ (excite) day. It's my birthday today.
Sue: I'm a little _____________(confuse). I thought your birthday was next month.
Jane No, that's my brother's birthday. Mine is today.
Sue: Oh! Now I'm ____________ (embarrass). I didn't get you a present.
Jane: That's ____________(disappoint). But it's OK.
Sue: Now I'm _______________(depress), too.
Hey, I've just had a _______________(fascinate) idea.
Why don't we go shopping and get you a present right now? That way we can get
you something really _______________(please).
Jane: What an _______________(enchant) idea. Where shall we start?
Sue: What about right here?
Bill: Hi, Mark. You look ______________(tire).
Mark: I am. I'm totally ________________(exhaust)
Bill: Why? What have you been doing?
Mark: I've been getting my house ready for the painters to come tomorrow. Now they ring
me to tell me, yet again, that they can't come till next week. I'm getting very
________________(annoy) with them..
Bill: That's _________________(disappoint).
I'll bet that you'll be _______________(please) when it's finished.
Mark: You're not wrong! I'm starting to get very ____________(bore) with all the delays.
It's _____________(distress).
Bill: You must be so _____________(frustrate). When do they think they will finish
painting your house.
Mark: They say that it will take about two weeks to finish. But when they will start I don't
know.
Bill: Don't be too _______________(depress).
Just think of how _____________(relieve) you'll be when it's finished.
Mark: That's the ____________(frighten) thing. I'm starting to believe that it will never be
finished.
Bill: What a _____________(shock) thought.
Never mind. One day soon you'll wake up with the ____________(relax) thought
that it's finished and you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Mark: I hope you're right.
Amy: Have you heard the ________________(suprise) news about Alice and Ted?
Cathy: You mean about their getting married. Yes, I have. I was absolutely
_______________(astonish) when I heard about it.
I thought it was the most ___________(astound) thing I'd heard in a long time.
They're always fighting like cats and dogs.
Amy: I agree with you. I was pretty _______________(shock) when I heard about it
myself.
Cathy: Actually, I'm _____________(relieve).
I was always ____________(worry) that they would break up. Now I can relax.
Amy: What a ______________(depress) idea.
But you're right. That would be an _____________(upset) thing to happen.
Amy: You're so right. I just love weddings. They're so ____________(fascinate).
MODALS.
can could have to must might should
1. Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He _______________be
exhausted after such a long flight. He ______________ prefer to stay in tonight and get
some rest.
2. If you want to get a better feeling for how the city is laid out, you ______________ walk
downtown and explore the waterfront.
3. Hiking the trail to the peak ________________ be dangerous if you are not well
prepared for dramatic weather changes. You ________________ research the route a little
more before you attempt the ascent.
4. When you have a small child in the house, you ______________ leave small objects
lying around. Such objects _____________ be swallowed, causing serious injury or even
death.
5. Dave: _____________ you hold your breath for more than a minute?
Nathan: No, I can't.
6. Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It _____________ have cost a fortune.
7. Please make sure to water my plants while I am gone. If they don't get enough water,
they_______________die.
8. I ______________ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Egypt. But
after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost
everything I knew as a child. Now, I _____________ just say a few things in the language.
9. The book is optional. My professor said we _____________ read it if we needed extra
credit. But we ______________ read it if we don't want to.
10. Leo: Where is the spatula? It _____________ be in this drawer but it's not here.
Nancy: I just did a load of dishes last night and they're still in the dish washer. It
_____________ be in there. That's the only other place it_______________ be.
11. You ____________ take your umbrella with you today. The weatherman on the news
said there's a storm north of here and it ______________ rain later on this afternoon.
12. _____________ we pull over at the next rest stop? I really _____________ use the
bathroom and I don't know if I ____________ hold it until we get to Chicago.
13. Oh no! Frank's wallet is lying on the coffee table. He ______________ have left it here
last night.
14. Ned: ___________ I borrow your lighter for a minute?
Stephen: Sure, no problem. Actually, you ______________ keep it if you want to. I've
given up smoking.
15. I _____________ believe she said that to Megan! She ____________ insult her cooking
in front of everyone at the party last night. She _____________ have just said she was full
or had some salad if she didn't like the meal.
16. Do you ___________ chew with your mouth open like that? Geez, it's making me sick
watching you eat that piece of pizza.
17. Mrs. Scarlett's body was found in the lounge just moments ago, and it's still warm!
Nobody has left the mansion this evening, so the killer ___________ be someone in this
room. It ___________ be any one of us!!!
18. Ted: I don't know why Denise started crying when I mentioned the wedding.
Pamela: It ____________ have been what you said about her brother. Or, perhaps she is
just nervous. After all, the big day is tomorrow.
19. ____________ you always say the first thing that pops into your head? __________
you think before you speak?
20. I was reading the book last night before I went to bed. I never took it out of this room. It
__________ be lying around here somewhere. Where ___________ it be?
