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Mastering Modals in English Grammar

The document is a review session focused on advanced grammar usage, specifically modals. It presents sets of sentences where participants must choose the appropriate modal verb to complete each sentence. The exercise covers various modals such as 'used to,' 'should,' 'must,' 'may,' and 'can,' among others.

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Mastering Modals in English Grammar

The document is a review session focused on advanced grammar usage, specifically modals. It presents sets of sentences where participants must choose the appropriate modal verb to complete each sentence. The exercise covers various modals such as 'used to,' 'should,' 'must,' 'may,' and 'can,' among others.

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Advanced Grammar Usage

Review Session

Modals
Which one of the verbs given can complete all three sentences in each set?
1. used to/will/would
a. Most days my father ______________ get up first and make breakfast.
b. When I was training for the marathon, I ______________ run over 100 kilometres a week.
c. We went back to Dublin to see the house where we ______________ live in the 1960s.
2. should/ought to/must
a. Students ______________ be encouraged to type their assignments.
b. “Whose car is that outside Bill’s house?”
“It ______________ belong to Bill’s sister. I heard that she’s staying with him this weekend.”
c. You ______________ have some of this cake. It’s delicious!
3. needn’t/mustn’t/don’t have to
a. I’ll be quite late getting to London, but you ______________ change your plans for me.

b. I’m afraid I owe quite a lot of money to the bank – but you ______________ worry about
it.

c. Next time, read the small print in the document before you sign it. You ______________
make the same mistake again.
4. must/need to/have to
a. People with fair skin ______________ be particularly careful with they go out in the sun.
b. The Browns ______________ have won the lottery – they’ve bought another new car!
c. We ______________ give at least six months’ notice if we want to end our contract.
5. may/could/might
a. Ray told me that someone had bought the old house next door. ______________ he be
right about that, I wondered.
b. The major changes to the timetable ___________________ cause delay and confusion.
c. I asked in the bookshop about Will Dutton’s latest book, but all they ______________ tell
me was that it would be published before the end of the year.
6. can/could/is (or was) able to
a. Val had always wanted to go scuba diving and ____________________ do so last summer.
b. I hope Jim ____________________________ help you tomorrow.
c. She played the piano quite well even before she _______________________ read music.

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