MODALS
Q- Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box
below. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
1. That pizza was gigantic. I'm sure Mary
_______________________ eaten it all.
2. Nobody was able to tell the police who that man was, so he
_____________________ be someone from here.
3. Be careful when you walk across that old wooden bridge. It
____________________not be very safe.
4. I see you haven't finished your homework yet. It
______________ be very difficult, then.
5. You ______________ touch the oven. It's very hot and you
_______________ hurt yourself.
6. They are putting the suspect into the police car. The police
___________________ arrested him.
7. I don't know where he is. Take a look in the garage. He
___________________ be there.
8. You ___________________ do any more training today. You
look so tired. Take a break!
9. I can't see very well but that ___________________ be
Claire over there. At least, she looks like Claire.
10. Everyone scored over 95% in the first test, so it
___________________ been so difficult.
11. You ___________________ drive me to the airport. I can
take the bus.
12. You ___________________ always wear suitable clothes
when you go skiing.
13. Pupils ___________________ go out between the various
parts of the exam. It's against the school rules.
14. Danny ___________________ swim when he was four.
Now he's part of the town's swimming team.
15. You ___________________ buy any food. The fridge is
full.
16. John _______________ taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Otherwise, he'd be here by now.
17. There are signs all over the area, so you _____________
have any trouble getting there.
18. This _______________ be the house they advertised in
the newspaper. It's much too big.
19. Mike ___________________ left the house. His cell phone
is still here, and he never leaves without it.
20. Leaving the house today without an umbrella
___________________ be such a good idea. It looks like it's
going to rain in the afternoon.
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Answers:
1. That pizza was gigantic. I'm sure Mary can't have eaten it
all.
2. Nobody was able to tell the police who that man was, so he
can't be someone from here.
3. Be careful when you walk across that old wooden bridge. It
might not be very safe.
4. I see you haven't finished your homework yet. It must be
very difficult, then.
5. You mustn't/shouldn't touch the oven. It's very hot and you
might hurt yourself.
6. They are putting the suspect into the police car. The police
must have arrested him.
7. I don't know where he is. Take a look in the garage. He
might be there.
8. You shouldn't do any more training today. You look so
tried. Take a break!
9. I can't see very well but that must be Claire over there. It
least, she looks like Claire.
[Link] scored over 95% in the first test, so it can't have
been so difficult.
[Link] don't need to drive me to the airport. I can take the
bus.
[Link] should always wear suitable clothes when you go
skiing.
[Link] must not go out between the various parts of the
exam. It's against the school rules.
[Link] could swim when he was four. Now he's part of the
town's swimming team.
[Link] don't need to buy any food. The fridge is full.
[Link] must have taken a wrong turn somewhere.
Otherwise, he'd be here by now.
[Link] are signs all over the area, so you shouldn't have
any trouble getting there.
[Link] can't be the house they advertised in the newspaper.
It's much too big.
[Link] can't have left the house. His cell phone is still here,
and he never leaves without it.
[Link] the house today without an umbrella might not be
such a good idea. It looks like it's going to rain in the
afternoon.
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