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1. I advise you to stop eating so much sweet. You ... stop eating sweets.

2. I insist your doing the homework regularly. You ... do your homework.

3. My granny hears you well enough. You ... shout.

4. It isn’t possible for him to come to the party. He ... come to the party.

5. It’s forbidden to feed the animals in the Zoo. You ... feed the animals in the Zoo.

6. Let me speak to Ann, please.... I speak to Ann, please?

7. Perhaps she will call you one day. She... call you one day.

8. You are obliged to buy a ticket to enter the museum. You ... buy a ticket to enter the museum.

9. Would you mind if I use your phone? ... I use your phone?

10. Why don’t we go to the seaside at the weekend? ... we go to the seaside at the weekend?

11. Perhaps she is sleeping now. She ... be sleeping now.

12. It’s necessary to be always on time. You ... be always on time.

13. She translates texts easily. She ... translate this text.

14. It’s right to speak to your husband calmly. You ... speak to your husband calmly.

15. They will come to the theatre with me. They... come to the theatre with me.

    Exercise 2. Read this extract of a novel and choose from must, have to and be able to.

    It was Russell’s first day in the new job. The first thing that he 1. must/ had to do was to see his Head of Department.

She was called Irene and she seemed pleasant enough. ‘There are a few things I 2. had to/must tell you,’ she said, ‘but,

of course, there are a lot of things that you will 3. have to/must find out yourself.’ Russell agreed.

‘First of all,’ said Irene, ‘there are lots of departmental meetings here but you 4. won't have to/ haven’t to go to all

of them. You will 5. be able to/have to miss a lot of them.’

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    ‘Good’, said Russell, ‘but which meetings 6. must I/ will I have to go to?’

    ‘The ones where every section leader 7. has to/will have to report on progress,’ she replied. 

She looked at her watch. ‘Any questions? I 8. have to/had to go now. I will 9. be able to/have to

see the Managing Director in five minutes.’ ‘Just one thing,’ said Russell. ‘In my last job we

10. may/could work at home from time to time instead of coming into the office every day.

    11. Will I be able to/ Can I be able to do that here?’

    ‘I think we 12. may/must discuss that some other time.’ said Irene and left the room.

    Exercise 3. Mum is writing a notice to her child; help her to complete it with can/ can’t or must/mustn’t.

Dear Peter,

    I will be a bit late today, so please don't forget:

    You 1.... goto the supermarket. I 2.... do the shopping today because I’m very busy. The shopping list is on the

table. You 3... feed our pets. You 4... watch TV but you 5.... finish your homework first. If you 6.... do it yourself,

I will help you later. Peter, you 7.... go to your friend’s house but you 8.... be back at half past six. You 9.... forget that

Aunt Agatha is coming to visit us today so you 10.... tidy your rooms! I’ll be back at 6.30, You 11.... call me if you need

anything.

Love, Mum

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