Choose the coreect modal auxiliary:

1. If you have any mechanical problem and you have to/need to stop, don't forget to switch on your hazard
warning lights. 2. He could/was able to persuade her parents that what he wanted to do was just marry her. 3.
He said he was able to/could play tennis for hours on end without getting out of breath when he was younger.
4. It's a pity you didn't let me know you would be in town. I would/could have put you up. 5.I might/should
suppose your wife is a quite pretty woman. 6. I asked them to help me with the luggage but they
couldn't/wouldn't do it! 7. He told anyone how he could/was able to reach the top of Everest. 8. It was strange
that he should have been/would have been drinking whisky at 5 o'clock in the morning.
Rewrite the following sentences paying attention both to modality (modal auxiliaries) and to reference. The
phrases that are underlined must not be repeated. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1. It is possible that Robin will repair the leaking pipe. 2. Probably it was very difficult to live in castles
during the Middle Ages. 3.I think John has been able to drive for about twenty years. He (no/ drive) for
twenty years. He is twenty-five years old. 4.He is surely mad. 5.He (get) his driving licence last year but
while taking the exam he hit a tree and failed. 6. She brought me some sandwiches and a beer,which was not
necessary. 7. Try this pen; perhaps it will write better. 8. I saw Mary with a tall young guy. They were
walking in the street yesterday. I don't believe you saw Mary. I know she has been in hospital for two weeks.
9. The refugees have been walking for miles and miles hoping they will cross the border. They (be) very
desperate yet courageous. 10. Maybe she was telling the truth. 11. I am sure he is watching TV; he always
does this after coming from school. He was certainly playing with his toy car while the Mathss explaining
that very difficult theorem. 13. I think he is a lecturer specialised in Physics, but I'm not so sure. 14. I dont
believe he was trying to lie to his friends! 15. Perhaps she is flying over the Atlantic at this time. 16. It is
possible that she forgot the announce them to meet them. 17. Why are you listening to music? - You (do)
your homework instead. 18. There (seem)(be) a tough fight here. All the floor is covered with blood. 19. I got
a fine because I drove at 120 kilometres an hour. 20. Why on earth did she eat all that awful cake? She (like)
it. 21. Probably she was paying attention to what she was reading since you say she didn't notice you stealing
her mobile phone. 22. I take a trip to Belgrad but NATO's bombing the city prevented me from leaving. 23.
Maybe she was doing what her mother told her to. 24. I dont believe her words are as important as she is
claiming. 25. Perhaps she is waiting for her friends to come. 26. I don't believe she cheated her beloved
friend. 27. I am sure this substance was tested on mice first. 28. I think she's swimming in the ocean now. I
don't believe she's swimming now. It's night in Australia at this time of the day. 29. I'm sure he's reciting
poems under a palm tree now. 30. When I was young I (swim) across the English Channel. 31. It was not
necessary for you to hurry up so much. We (wait) for you any way. 32. You warned him that Jeremy is a
crook (but you didn't). 33. I don't believe she's as old as that. She looks much younger. 34. If I'd known you'd
spread the rumour, I (not let) you know it. 35. The poem (appear) (write) by Andrew Marvell; it's exactly his
style. 36. I don't believe he's ill. I met him outside the cinema ten
minutes ago. 37. He (marry) my sister but he fell in love with another woman and they broke up. 38.
Probably the music was being played too loud; that's why you didnt hear him calling you. 39. If you hadn't
been careful, you (hit) him. 40. There (be) a Roman wall here. Look at the foundations.
Use any modal auxiliary that you consider fit. Make all the necessary changes.
1. I can't see any Meryl Streep on the screen! They... (change) the film. 2. No sooner... the children{hand
in) their papers than they left the room laughing and crying. 3. He... (help} me, but he said he didn't have too
much time. 4. 'I... hardly believe my eyes. Is this Mary? She... (change) so much.' 'That's true. She's beyond
recognition.' 5. 'Why did he come to the office by bus?' 'He... (have) his car serviced yesterday.' 6.I... (take) a
taxi because I had plenty of time to get there. 7. Mother said that the milk... (go) sour. She knew it was quite
fresh. 8. You... {telephone) her. She already knew what it was all about. 9. It... (take) ages to build the
pyramids. 10. The patient... (lose) a lot of blood on his way to (he hospital. 11. You... (tell) this from the very
beginning! 12. I wonder why Lucy didn't catch the early bus; she... (wake) up late.
Use may/might/be allowed to/can/be able to/need/must/ have to. Pay attention to reference and modality.

1. The professor said that everybody... take part in the discussion. 2. When the car plunged into the sea, it was
only the driver that... get out. 3.... you lend me your bike? I'd like to take a ride in the park. 4. You really...
read this book. It's excellent. 5.I... go to the seaside as soon as I have finished my exams. 6. It... snow, but I'm
not sure at all. 7. No matter how much you may have loved him, you... forget everything and start a new life.
8. ... I open all the windows? 9. In a few days you... understand this text, I'm sure. Just keep on reading it
carefully. 10. Youbuy the house; the prices rise. 11. She... get up so early? Yes, she... 12. We still have
plenty of time so we... hurry. 13. He was as strong as a horse; he... work all day and dance all night. 14. She
is so deaf that you... shout if you want her to hear you. 15. Youread and write when you were only five
years old? 16. What was surprising was that she... smoke in her mother's presence ever since she was 17. 17.
It's all right, pall. A,.. happen to anyone. 18. You... not make so much noise while your baby brother is
sleeping. 19. I am sure that the end of the month he'll get an enormous telephone bill, which he... pay. 20.
You... have some soda or some mineral water?
Put one suitable word in each space.
1. You... have thought that you would fail in your exam. You wasted days and days. 2. She... answer back,..
she? 3. You...have brought six cakes. Three would have done. 4. She must have thought it was hers. She
couldn't... have spent $ 3,000 on a dress. 5. You have smoked four cigerettes before breakfast. See, you're
already feeling ill. 7. I wonder why he kept quiet all this while. He... have been upset, who knows? 8. I
suppose I... have told you were wrong. 9. You... be really silly, you know! 10. If driving long distances makes
you feel sleepy, or if you have a flat tyre on a motorway, you... use the hard shoulder.
Translate into English:
1. E posibil sa-i prinda ploaia inainte de a ajunge la cabana. 2. Ar fi trebuie sa-i spui sa-ti lase un bilet. 3
Dupa ce a scotocit prin casa cam cinci ore a putut in sfarsit sa gaseasca foaia pe care scrisese adresa si
numarul de telefon. 4. Daca intr-adevar a facut ce mi-ai spus, va trebui sa mearga la inchisoare neaparat. 5.
Probabil a fost ingrozitor pentru tine sa-ti vezi munca de o viata irosita intr-o singura clipa. 6. Ai vreo idee
cum l-ar putea chema pe noul nostru profesor de istorie? 7. - Unde ar putea fi George? - L-am vazut la
biblioteca. Poate mai e inca acolo. 8. Inslructorul mi-a explicat ca la momentul acela nu ar fi trebuit sa
accelerez. 9. Mi-a reprosat faptui ca n-ar fi trebuil sa ma machiez si sa ma
pieptan in timpul orei de geografie. 10. E posibil ca Emilia sa fi gresit adresa. 11. Chiar trebuie sa-ti iei
cainele oriunde mergi? 12. N-am fosi obligati/N-a trebuit sa asteptam in hol. Am putut intra de indata ce am
sosit. 13. Am putut traversa raul inot. 14. M-a intrebat daca poate pleca. 15. Probabil zborul a fost amanat din
cauza cetii 16- Probabil te-a mintit cand a spus ca sufera de varicela. 17. Poate l-a iubit prea mult daca a
acceptat sa faca un asemenea compromis. 18. I-am explicat ca nu trebuie sa ia nici o hotarare daca nu vrea.
19. Stiu sa inot de mult. De fapt, stiu sainot de cand aveam patru ani. 20. Nu-l vad in clasa, asa ca probabil
joaca fotbal in curtea scolii. 21. E imposibil sa fi vorbit la telefon la ora trei dimineata. 22. Ar fi putut sa-i
intoarca spatele si sa plece fara sa-i mai spuna. 23.E posibil ca aventura lor sa fi durat mai mult de doi ani.
24- Stii sa mergi pe bicicleta? Stiu de la varsta de gase ani. 25. Am reusit sa inot pana la tarm dupa ce s-a
rasturnat barca. 26. E posibil sa spuna adevarul, asa ca n-ar fi mai bine sa asculti. 27. Probabil ii clantaneau
dintii de frica atunci cand a vazut lupul. 28. Trebuie sa nu le spui nimic despre ce ai vazut aseara la concertul
rock. 29. I-am spus ca nimeni nu ma poate intrerupe cand vorbesc cu atat patos. 30. Nu e nevoie sa traversezi
strada sa cumperi paine; e un magazin de paine pe partea aceasta a strazii. 31. Nu se poate sa fi fosi o usurare
pentru tine sa afli ca si ea si-a pierdut poseta. 32. Puteai sa-i fi spus adevarul cand ai vazut ca e pe cale sa-si
dea dfemisia. 33. Chiar trebuie sa vina astazi la biblioteca sau poate astepta pana maine ? 34. Probabil fetita
plangea in hohote cand pompierul a gasit-o in casa care ardea in flacari. 35. La munte poate fi foarte frig
vara. 36. Pot sa te ajut cu ceva? 37. Era vestit pentru inteligenta lui si pe data ar fi putut rezolva orice
problema de matematica. 38. N-ar trebui sa fii atat de mgrijorat. Doctorul a spus ca te vei da jos din pat de
indata ce-fi va scadea temperatura si te vei restabili putin. Ar trebui sa te calmezi un pic si sa-mi arati doar cu
ce sa incep 39. Chiar va trebui sa-i spun tot ce am discutat?