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FCE Rephrasing

The document contains modal verbs and their uses in different sentences with blanks to be filled in. The modal verbs included are may, might, must, can't, must, may, may, have, meant, gone, not, went, last, started, have, seen, time, been, since, last, been, last, enough, not, was, for, for, have, was, told, been, is, has, by, said, that, had, gone, told, been, is, have, to, only, long, if, were, would, done, had, was, by, that, was, to, only, if, provided, were, would, you,

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FCE Rephrasing

The document contains modal verbs and their uses in different sentences with blanks to be filled in. The modal verbs included are may, might, must, can't, must, may, may, have, meant, gone, not, went, last, started, have, seen, time, been, since, last, been, last, enough, not, was, for, for, have, was, told, been, is, has, by, said, that, had, gone, told, been, is, have, to, only, long, if, were, would, done, had, was, by, that, was, to, only, if, provided, were, would, you,

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Perhaps she needs help with doing the washing up

MIGHT
She ________________________________with doing the washing up
I'm certain she is his girlfriend. They are always together.
MUST
She ________________________________girlfriend. They are always together.
It's impossible that they are hungry. They just had a full Irish breakfast
CAN’T
They________________________________They just had a full Irish breakfast.
I’m sure we can find a taxi around here.
MUST
We________________________________find a taxi around here.
It's possible that he likes you. You are a beautiful girl.
MAY
He ________________________________You are a beautiful girl.
Perhaps he missed the train this morning.
MAY
He________________________________the train this morning.
It’s possible that she has injured her arm in the accident.
HAVE
She ________________________________her arm in the accident.
I’m sure she didn’t mean to offend you.
MEANT
She ________________________________to offend you.
I’m certain he’s not gone home because his car is still parked outside.
GONE
He ________________________________ because his car is still parked outside.
I think they probably didn’t wait for us because it was raining.
NOT
I think they ________________________________for us because it was raining.
They haven’t gone out for three years.
WENT
They ________________________________ three years ago.
She hasn't gone on holidays for six years.
LAST
The________________________________ was six years ago.
He has been running marathons for over five years.
STARTED
He________________________________ five years ago.
They relocated to Ireland three years ago.
HAVE
They ________________________________ for three years.
The last time I saw Jack was three months ago.
SEEN
I ________________________________ three months.
I have not played tennis with Mike for months.
TIME
The ________________________________ with Mike was months ago.
It's been a long time since I last played football.
FOR
I ________________________________ a long time.
It's been two years now since he started working for us.
BEEN
He________________________________ for two years.
They moved to England nine years ago.
SINCE
It’s ________________________________ moved to England.
It's four months since I last visited my uncle John.
LAST
________________________________ uncle John was four months ago.
Adolf Hitler has been dead for over 70 years.
BEEN
Adolf Hitler ________________________________ 1945.
They have been dating for a week.
LAST
They________________________________ week.
The player was too slow to stop the ball.
ENOUGH
The ________________________________ to stop the ball.
The weight is too heavy for me to lift.
NOT
I’m________________________________ the weight.
The water wasn’t clean enough for us to swim.
WAS
The ________________________________ for us to swim.
I didn’t want to drink the tea because it was too cold.
FOR
The tea ________________________________ me to drink.
That smartphone was too expensive for me to buy it.
HAVE
I didn’t ________________________________ that smartphone.
They thought he wasn’t tall enough to play basketball with his friends.
WAS
They thought ________________________________ play basketball with his friends.
'What do you think about my boyfriend ?' she asked me.
ASKED
She ________________________________ about her boyfriend? Past Simple
'I'll tell you tonight,' Jim promised. Future Simple
WOULD
Jim promised that ________________________________ night. Would
'You need a holiday,' she told him. Present Simple
SAID
She ________________________________ a holiday. Past Simple
'I’m pregnant with twins, ' she announced.
THAT
She ________________________________ with twins.
" When I arrived , they had finished the exam," She said.
HAD
She said that when she________________________________ the exam.

"I had been watching a movie when the alarm went off, " He explained.
GONE
He said that when the alarm ________________________________ been watching a movie.
"Stop making noise,” the teacher said to us.
TOLD
The teacher________________________________ making nose.
The employers have not found a person for the job yet.
BEEN
A person for the job ________________________________ yet.
They are blaming him for the mistake.
IS
________________________________ the mistake.
The union have cancelled the strike.
HAS
The strike ________________________________ by the union.
Did your teacher tell you off?
BY
Were________________________________ your teacher?
They say he killed his dog. They say he killed his dog.
HAVE BEEN
He is ________________________________ his dog.
It________________________________ he killed his dog.
They say that there are more cows than people in Ireland.
THAT
It is________________________________ cows than people in Ireland.
People think that he has fled the country.
HAVE
He________________________________ the country.
People thought they had won the competition.
TO
They ________________________________ the competition.
You are not allowed to stay in the country unless you get a visa.
ONLY
You can________________________________ country if you get a visa.
I won't wash the dishes unless you help me.
LONG
I'll wash the dishes ________________________________ help me.
I’ll lend you money on condition that you pay me back next week.
IF
Only________________________________ next week will I lend you money.
I'll do the ironing , if you tidy up the room.
PROVIDED
I'll do the ironing ________________________________ tidy up the room.
I think you should ask the boss for a pay rise.
WERE
If ________________________________ ask the boss for a pay rise.
I would like to buy a bran-new car , but I need to win the lotery.
WOULD
If I ________________________________ buy a brand-new car.
You're angry because you seem to care what she thinks about you.
YOU
If ________________________________ what she thinks about you, you wouldn't be angry.
I did it because I thought it would be interesting.
DONE
I ________________________________ if I had thought it wasn’t interesting.
With more money, I would have been able to buy a better laptop.
HAD
I would have been able to buy a better laptop________________________________ more
money.
She felt fascinated by the young man.
WAS
The young man.... was fascinating ....for her.
The mosquitoes were so annoying that we decided to buy a repellent.
BY
We ..were so annoyed by the... mosquitoes that we decided to buy a repellent.
We were so annoyed by the mosquitoes that we decided to buy a repellent.
THAT
The mosquitoes... were so annoying that ...we decided to buy a repellent.
He doesn’t seem to be worried about the problem.
TO
The problem doesn’t ...seem to be worrying to .. him.
I think she found your story very amusing.
WAS
I think .....she was very amused by/at ... your story.
He found it very boring doing the same thing every day.
WITH
He was ...(getting) bored with doing ...the same thing every day.
Psychology was very interesting to me.
IN
I ...was very interested in ...Psychology.
The manual was very confusing.I couldn’t understand anything.
BY
I was... so confused by the manua l ....that I couldn’t understand anything.

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