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ЮжноУральский государственный университет
Grammar exercises Exercise 1 Fill in the gaps with the Modal verbs: can, can’t, could, couldn't
I have been chosen to represent our company in Spain because I am the only person in our firm who _______ speak Spanish.
I _______ do my homework last night because I was too tired.
Do you know how to cook? – Yes, I ______ cook very well.
He _____ watch TV last night because his TVset was broken.
Mozart _______ play the piano and compose music at the age of three.
Elephants ______ live until they are seventy.
We ________ go swimming yesterday because the water was cold.
This diamond ring is too expensive for me. I ________ buy it.
Einstein ______ speak 8 foreign languages.
The coffee is too hot I _______ drink it.
Exercise 2
Look at the phrases given and define what abilities they denote: physical or mental? Put the verbs into two columns
To swim, to speak a foreign language, to run fast, to jump, to play football, to think, to listen to music, to dream, to read, to smell the flower, to feel the fabric, to whisper, to analyze, to argue, to persuade, to write poems.
physical abilities
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mental abilities
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to swim
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to speak a foreign language
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Now answer the question “What can you do?” using the phrases of Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Insert into the gaps may, might, to be allowed to/ not to be allowed to
You _____ go to the cinema with your friends, but, please, don’t come home late.
He _____ work in the laboratory next week.
Until you are eighteen you ________ to marry.
______ I take your dictionary for a minute?
You _____ leave this little matter entirely to me, Mr Brown.
She _____ want some more wine. You’d better ask her to find it out.
He _____ park here. It’s strictly prohibited.
When we lived in a hotel we ____not____ make any noise after nine.
According to the rules you ___not______ bring guests.
You ____ take my dictionary. I don’t need it now.
Exercise 4
Fill in the gaps using the modal verb must and the expressions given below
close the door behind you
go to medical school
have a driver’s license
have a library card
have a passport
pay an income tax
speak English outside of class every day, read newspapers
stop
study harder
take one pill every six hours
Example: According to the law a driver must have a driver’s license.
If a traffic light is red, a car must_______________.
My doctor gave me a prescription. According to the directions on the bottle, I must ____________.
If you want to check a book out of the library, you must ________________.
Nancy has a job in Chicago. She earns 20,000$ a year. According to the law, she must __________.
I failed the last two tests in my biology class. According to my professor, I must ____________.
I want to travel abroad. According to the law, I must _____________.
If you want to become a doctor, you must _______________.
Jimmy! It’s cold outside. When you come inside, you must __________________.
I want to improve my English. According to my teacher, I must _________________.
Exercise 5
Fill in the gaps with the modal verb must or its equivalents have to, be to
We ______ wait for some minutes because we missed the train.
I _____ meet my sister at the station today at 7.
There is no ice-cream. According to the schedule it ______ be delivered at twelve.
I _____ leave early because I was not feeling quite well.
The inn was small and we ____ share the room.
She ______ come to work in time or I’ll fire her!
To know English you _____ read more books in the original.
The game ______ begin at 6 according to the programme.
You ____ study well or you will not enter the university.
I ____ be at the meeting. My boss ordered me to be there. He will accept no excuses.
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