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MODAL VERBSObligation and Likelihood Must, NeedExercise 1. Open the brackets and fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs must, have to or be to 1. You ______ (not tell) him about it. It's a secret. 2. It looks like rain. You _____ (take) your raincoats. 3. You _____ (not talk) so loudly here. 4. In his youth he ____ (work) from morning till night to earn his living. 5. He ____ (wait) at the station till it stopped raining. 6. The secretary informed us when the manager ____ (come). 7. They ____ (leave) on Saturday, but because of the delay with their visas they ____ (book) tickets for Monday. 8. They ____ (not tell) him anything about it before they get further instructions. 9. He ____ (leave) for London that night. 10. _____ I (do) it all by myself? 11. It was too late to change their plans and they ____ (put up) with it. 12. You ___ (not prepare) all this work, I will help you. 13. Stay here till she is free. I think you ____ (not wait) long. 14. We ____ (conduct) a series of experiments this week. 15. Remember that we ____ (be) at this place not later than noon. Exercise 2. Choose the correct variant 1. His German is very poor. He must (study/be studying/have studied) very hard. 2. His German is very good, he must (study/be studying/have studied) very hard. 3. His German is considerably improved, he must (study/be studying/have studied) hard during his holiday. 4. He must (study/be studying/have been studying) German these two years, his German is rather rich and fluent. 5. She must (have taken/be taking/have been taking) a bath at that moment that's why she did not answer your call. 6. She must (be/be being/have been) at home now, we saw her leaving the office. 7. She must (be/be being/have been) at home, she can't go away because there is no one to look after her sick mother. 8. You must always (think/be thinking/have thought) twice before you say anything. 9. Now he must (think/ be thinking/have thought) of what she has said. 10. He knows they are coming. They must (write/be writing/ have written) to him of their arrival in due time. 11. She must (play/be playing/have been playing) the piano now. 12. The foreigner must (understand/understood/have understood) me, for he nodded his head. 13. Where is Sara? I haven't seen her for a long time. – She must (stay/be staying/have stayed) at her friends'. She wanted to spend July with them. 14. He must (get/be getting/ have got) all he needed, otherwise he would have come again, 15. We must (meet/have met/have been meeting) somewhere before. Exercise 3. Open the brackets and use the proper infinitive after the verb must 1. Look! All people in the street are going with their umbrellas up. It must (rain). 2. He has changed his job. He must (follow) your advice. 3. He must (fall) ill. Otherwise he would have come to the party. 4. Where is Michael? He must (be) here by now. – He lives in the country. He must (miss) the train. 5. What a dreadful noise! What is the matter? – Our neighbors must (quarrel) again. 6. Nobody must (notice) that he was not used to speaking in public. 7. The criminal must (be) very careful. He did not leave any fingerprints. 8. We are late, I am afraid. Ann must (wait) for us. 9. He must (forget) that he promised to come. 10. They must (write) a composition for two hours. They must (be) tired. 11. You must (misunderstand) me, I did not want to hurt your feelings. 12. Nobody must (see) him enter. Everybody started when he came in. 13. I hear someone’s steps outside. She must (go). 14. You may find him in the garden. He must (read). 15. It is impossible to change anything. One must (take) things as they are. Exercise 4. Paraphrase the following sentences using the verb must E x a m p l e: I am sure they have changed the time. – They must have changed the time. 1. They are in Greece. I am sure they are enjoying themselves. 2. She is an experienced teacher. I am certain she has been working at school for at least twenty years. They have probably finished painting the house. 14. I feel sure she is at home. 5. Probably they have already passed the frontier. 6. She is sure he is playing cards with his friends. 7. She is not very young? As she seems to be. I think she is nearly forty. 8. I think you have visited this place before. 9. He has to do a very urgent task. I feel sure he is working now. 10. He is so absent-minded. I am sure he left the letter unanswered. 11. You know he is a good tennis player. He is no doubt has won this match. 12. I shan’t bother you any longer; no doubt you feel tired of my talking after a tiring day. 13. It is clear that they are expecting somebody. 14. She was obviously upset by something, I never saw her so nervous. 15. The youth is probably reading something funny. He is smiling all the time. Exercise 5. Choose the right variant 1. He wants us to obey him. We ____ exactly what he says. a) have to do b) must to do c) are to do 2. Mrs. Sparred ____ very beautiful when she was young. She has a fine face. a) was to be b) must have been c) must be 3. You _____ so late. You should leave after dinner. a) are not to stay b) don’t have to stay c) must not stay 4. Something ____ . He ____ at seven.
c) must have happened, was to have come 5. Yesterday's rain spoiled my shoes completely and I ____ new ones.
6. Which of them _____ the documents?
7. The only thing he knew for certain was that he ____ them,
8. You can’t come in. You ____ a catching disease like that.
9. There ____ a garden once.
10. We ____ in. The weather is changing.
Exercise 6. Translate into English using the verb must and its equivalents 1. Он, должно быть, слышал об этом. 2. Этот дом, должно быть, построен в начале столетия. 3. Вы не должны прекращать работу, пока вы ее не закончите. 4. У них, вероятно, сейчас урок. 5. Не огорчайся, он, должно быть, сделал это случайно. 6. Он, вероятно, сейчас спит. 7. Я ищу этот дом вот уже полчаса и нигде не могу его найти. Должно быть, она дала мне неправильный адрес. 8. Мне не пришлось делать этот чертеж. 9. Он, вероятно, не успел закончить работу к пятнице и был вынужден потратить на нее все выходные, т.к. ее нужно было закончить к понедельнику. 10. Она, должно быть, не полила сад. Земля очень сухая. 11. Выбора не было, и им пришлось согласиться. 12. Она, должно быть, ждет нас дома. 13. Она должна ждать нас дома. 14. Ей, наверное, не сказали, что мы уже вернулись. 15. Ей пришлось извиниться, хотя это и было неприятно. Exercise 7. Analyse the meaning of to have 1. King Lear had three daughters. 2. Have a look at the picture. I think it is a Repin. 3. I have to answer many letters. 4. I have some information to pass on to you. 5. During our trip we had an accident in which I had my leg badly hurt. 6. I’ll have him come at six o’clock if that suits you. 7. He has just come from abroad. 8. You will have to leave at six to catch the train. 9. Is that all you have to say to me? 10. There are two kinds of speeches: there is the speech which a man makes when he has something to say, and the speech when he has to say something. Exercise 8. Change the following info the negative 1. Mother has to cook dinner after work. 2. He had to sit up late with this work. 3. You will have to get up very early to-morrow. 4. The girl had to take care of her younger sister and brothers. 5. She will have to do it once over again. 6. These documents have to be filed. 7. They had to cover the whole distance on foot. 8. We shall have to speak to him about it. Exercise 9. Explain the difference in meaning between the two sentences in the following pairs 1. a) The plane was not to take off at night as the weather was too bad. b) The plane was to have taken off at night, but the weather was too bad. 2. a) There was to be an interesting concert last night, but I didn’t feel well and had to stay at home. b) There was to have been an interesting concert last night, but the singer fell ill and the concert had to be postponed. 3. a) The order came that we were not to leave the village before dawn. b) We were not to have left the village before dawn, but by the time the order came we were two miles away from it. Exercise 10. Insert the verb to be to or to have to in the necessary tense form 1. I wondered what … to happen to us. 2. It looks like raining. You … to take your raincoats. 3. We agreed that the one who came first … to reserve seats for the rest of us. 4. Nobody met me at the airfield as I … to have arrived a day later and could not warn any of my friends of the change. 5. He always puts off doing what he … to do until it … to be done. 6. We … to leave on Monday, but because of a two days’ delay with the visas we … to book tickets for Wednesday. 7. There is nothing strange in what he did. It… to be expected. 8. It was too late to change the plan, and it … to remain as it was. 9. You … not to tell him about it if you don’t want to. 10. You…not to tell him anything about it before you get further instructions. 11. They hoped to spend the summer together, but that … not to be. 12 … I to do it all by myself? 13. When no food … to be had he seemed capable of doing without. Exercise 11*. Translate into English using to have to, to be to or must 1. Вы должны приготовить эту работу к четвергу. 2. Я должен был приготовить эту работу к четвергу (два варианта). 3. Вы не должны прекращать эту работу, пока не закончите ее. Завтра уже четверг. 4. Мне пришлось приготовить эту работу к четвергу. 5. Мне придется приготовить эту работу к четвергу. 6. Ему приходится готовить эту работу сегодня, так как все эти дни он был занят. 7. Вам не придется готовить эту работу. 8. Мне не нужно было готовить эту работу. 9. Так как он приготовил все заранее, ему не нужно делать этого теперь. 10. Если бы он не приготовил все заранее, ему нужно было бы сделать это теперь. 11. Если бы мы приготовили все заранее, нам не пришлось бы делать это теперь.12. «На этой неделе нам предстоит провести ряд новых опытов», – сказал директор лаборатории. 13. Выбора не было, и ему пришлось согласиться. 14. Мне было поручено сделать подробный доклад по этому вопросу, и для этого я должен был просмотреть много литературы. 15. Я должен был ходить в библиотеку почти, каждый день: оставалось всего несколько дней, до того как мне нужно было сдать доклад, а я еще не написал и половины. 16. Мне придется посидеть эти дни дома. Врач говорит, я не должен никуда выходить, пока температура не будет нормальной. 17. Я думаю, что, если бы вам довелось выполнять подобное задание в первый раз, вы бы тоже были вынуждены неоднократно обращаться к кому-нибудь за помощью. 18. Посидите здесь, пока он занят. Я думаю, вам не придется долго ждать. Exercise 12. Open the brackets and: give the correct form of the verb after need 1.The vegetable garden needs (water). 2. The TV needs to be (fix). 3. They need (come) here at three o'clock. 4. The cottage needs to be (repair). 5. She needs (prepare) harder for her exams. 6. The lawn needs (cut). 7. You need (book) a ticket beforehand. 8. Granny needs to be (look after). 9. The walls need to be (paper). 10. I need (get) this book somewhere. Exercise 13. Open the brackets and fill in the blanks with either didn't need (to) or needn't have (done) 1. You ____ (go) into so many details. The report was too long. 2. She got up late because she was alone and she ____ (cook) breakfast for the whole family. 3. We ____ (hurry): she wasn't ready yet. 4. He ____ (return) to the office so he took a taxi and went home. 5. I ___ (take) a bus because Martin gave me a lift. 6. We ___ (come) so early. Now we must wait. 7. She ___ (go) shopping so she went straight home. 8. You ____ (make) this remark. I am sure he felt hurt. 9. She was on holiday and she ____ (wake up) early. 10. He ____ (spend) so much money. Does he remember that he’s got three children? Exercise 14. Analyze the meaning of the verb need 1. You may keep the money I’ve given you, I don’t need it yet. 2. Must I go there immediately? – No you needn’t. Wait till I ring you up. 3. Need you bother about such trifles? 4. Do you need my help? 5. You needn’t have gone into so many details. The report was too long. 6. Mr. Maugham is very discreet, Louisa: you needn’t be afraid of telling him anything. 7. “All is agreed and understood between us now, Trot,” said my aunt, “and we need talk of this no more.” Exercise 15. Translate into English using the verb need 1. Зря ты сказал Майку об этом. 2. Его не надо об этом спрашивать. 3. Мне нужна ваша помощь. 4. Зря ты учил текст наизусть (by heart); учитель его не спрашивал. 5. Вечером температура упала, и он решил, что ему не нужно идти к врачу. 6. Разве ты не видишь, что ему надо подстричься? 7. Зря он отказался от приглашения. 8. Вы купили машину только год назад. Неужели ее надо красить? 9. Мне нужно наладить (fix) компьютер. 10. Джону не надо было ехать в Лондон, и он решил провести выходные в Брайтоне. Exercise 16*. Translate into English using the verbs must, to be (to) to have (to) or need. (Dictation-translation) 1. Сказал ли преподаватель, что мы должны выучить этот текст наизусть? 2. Я не знал, что этот текст не надо учить наизусть. 3. Зря вы учили этот текст наизусть; его надо было просто читать. 4. Не шумите: дети, должно быть, спят. 5. Никто, наверное, не сказал ему об этом. 6. Они должны были прийти в 5, а уже 6 часов. 7. Они, наверно, забыли, что должны были прийти в 5 часов. 8. Надеюсь, вас не пришлось долго ждать, да? 9. Надеюсь, вам не придется долго ждать. 10. Эту книгу можно найти в любой библиотеке. 11. Стоит ли волноваться из-за таких пустяков? |