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Grammar Practice - Reinforcement. Unit 2: Out & About 2

This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet focusing on modal verbs. It includes multiple choice, sentence rewriting, error correction, and sentence completion exercises related to modal verbs and their uses for things like possibility, obligation, permission and advice.

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Grammar Practice - Reinforcement. Unit 2: Out & About 2

This document contains an English grammar practice worksheet focusing on modal verbs. It includes multiple choice, sentence rewriting, error correction, and sentence completion exercises related to modal verbs and their uses for things like possibility, obligation, permission and advice.

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Out & About 2

Grammar practice – reinforcement. Unit 2

Modal verbs
1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 Can I / Am I able to have a replacement, please?
2 You need to be able to / manage to drive if you live in the country.
3 I thought we were going to be late but we could / managed to arrive on time.
4 You could have gone / were able to go to the supermarket for me if you weren’t
busy.
5 Could I have / Could I borrow your car at the weekend?

2 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.


1 It’s a good idea for you to talk to her. (should)
___________________________________________________________________
2 It’s OK. It’s not obligatory for you to give me the money back. (needn’t)
___________________________________________________________________
3 It’s obligatory for us to do something about climate change. (must)
___________________________________________________________________
4 It’s necessary for you to feed the cat before you go out. (need)
___________________________________________________________________
5 It isn’t a good idea to put glass containers in with the ordinary rubbish.
(shouldn’t) __________________________________________________________
6 It’s not necessary for Jim to go to the supermarket. I’ve already been. (have to)
___________________________________________________________________
7 We are not allowed to be late. (mustn’t)
___________________________________________________________________
8 It’s a really good idea for you to recycle more. (have)
___________________________________________________________________

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3 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.


1 Climate change ____ a global disaster.
a should be b might be c must have been
2 We ____ global warming if we had acted sooner.
a could have prevented b must have prevented c can prevent
3 The planet ____ permanently damaged.
a mustn’t have been b might have already been c should already be
4 Our parents ____ anything about the problem 50 years ago.
a might know b may not know c couldn’t have known
5 We ____ fossil fuels forever.
a can’t continue burning b should continue burning c must have burnt
6 We ____ thinking about the issue.
a couldn’t have stopped b may stop c mustn’t stop

4 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.


1 Don’t forget to take some money – you can need it.
___________________________________________________________________
2 Sam mustn’t be 16 already – don’t they grow up quickly!
___________________________________________________________________
3 I didn’t know! You must have told me!
___________________________________________________________________
4 We can’t get the chance to go on holiday this year, as we don’t have much
money.
___________________________________________________________________
5 Thank you! I couldn’t have did it without you.
___________________________________________________________________

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5 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.


be able to can don’t need to have to might not must mustn’t
should

1 You _________________________________________ light a fire here – it’s illegal.


2 I ________________________ do the shopping if you like – I’ve got plenty of time.
3 I have lots of work to do so I_____________________________ go to the festival.
4 You _____________________________ help with the cooking – I’ll do it by myself.
5 I need to borrow some tools in order to__________________________ fix my bike.
6 You ____________________________choose the one you like not the one everyone
tells you to choose.
7 They ________________________________ move to a smaller house now that Dan
has lost his job.
8 You _________________________ stop getting stressed – it’s affecting your health.

6 Complete the sentences with a suitable modal verb according to the


meaning given in brackets.
1 We ____________________________ reduce greenhouse gases. (strong obligation)
2 It _____________________________ work; but then again maybe not. (possibility)
3 You___________________________ talk to him and tell him how you feel. (advice)
4 It ____________________________________________ been John because he’s in
Germany. (impossibility)
5 George ______________________________ arrived by now – it’s 5 pm. (certainty)
6 The police stopped us – we _____________________ go any closer. (no permission)
7 _____________________________ I look at your newspaper, please? (permission)
8 You _____________________________ finish that until next month. (no obligation)

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