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Students Exercise 1.
Rephrase the following situations using an appropriate modal
verb.
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.’
Student
‘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
Student
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Answers
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Exercise 1.
1.
should 2.
must 3.
needn’t
4.
can’t 5.
mustn’t
6.
can (could)
7.
may 8.
must
9.
may 10.
can 11.
may 12.
must 13.
can 14.
should 15.
can
Exercise
2. 1. had
to 2. must 3. have to 4. won’t have to 5. be able to 6. will I
have to 7. has to 8. have to 9. have to 10. could 11. will... be
able to 12. may
Exercise
3. 1. must 2. can’t 3. must
4. can 5. must 6. can’t 7. can 8. must 9. mustn’t, 10.
must
11. can
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