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    This document provides a grammar practice exercise on modal verbs. It contains 6 sections with examples of how to use modal verbs to express meanings like possibility, obligation, permission and deduction. Some key points covered include: 1) Completing sentences with modal verbs like "can't", "might", "must" 2) Writing new sentences using modal verbs to convey different levels of necessity or permission 3) Distinguishing between the uses of "can" and "be able to" 4) Rewriting sentences to replace future tense with modal verbs 5) Rephrasing sentences using modal verbs instead of phrases with "is possible", "is convinced", "is obliged" 6

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    This document provides a grammar practice exercise on modal verbs. It contains 6 sections with examples of how to use modal verbs to express meanings like possibility, obligation, permission and deduction. Some key points covered include: 1) Completing sentences with modal verbs like "can't", "might", "must" 2) Writing new sentences using modal verbs to convey different levels of necessity or permission 3) Distinguishing between the uses of "can" and "be able to" 4) Rewriting sentences to replace future tense with modal verbs 5) Rephrasing sentences using modal verbs instead of phrases with "is possible", "is convinced", "is obliged" 6

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    This document provides a grammar practice exercise on modal verbs. It contains 6 sections with examples of how to use modal verbs to express meanings like possibility, obligation, permission and deduction. Some key points covered include: 1) Completing sentences with modal verbs like "can't", "might", "must" 2) Writing new sentences using modal verbs to convey different levels of necessity or permission 3) Distinguishing between the uses of "can" and "be able to" 4) Rewriting sentences to replace future tense with modal verbs 5) Rephrasing sentences using modal verbs instead of phrases with "is possible", "is convinced", "is obliged" 6

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    Grammar Practice Unit 5

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    This document provides a grammar practice exercise on modal verbs. It contains 6 sections with examples of how to use modal verbs to express meanings like possibility, obligation, permission and deduction. Some key points covered include: 1) Completing sentences with modal verbs like "can't", "might", "must" 2) Writing new sentences using modal verbs to convey different levels of necessity or permission 3) Distinguishing between the uses of "can" and "be able to" 4) Rewriting sentences to replace future tense with modal verbs 5) Rephrasing sentences using modal verbs instead of phrases with "is possible", "is convinced", "is obliged" 6

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    GRAMMAR PRACTICE UNIT 4

    1 Complete the sentences.

    1 Julia is blonde and the girl in the photo has red hair so it
    __can’t____________ be Julia.
    2 Let’s run to the bus stop. We ___might not___________ catch the last bus
    home, but let’s try!
    3 Listen to that beautiful song! I’d recognize Paul’s voice anywhere. He
    __must____________ be singing.
    4 I haven’t decided what to study at university. I ___might___________ take
    music. It’s my favourite subject. (It is a possibility)
    5 Jenny ____must__________ know about the party. Tim told everybody
    about it last week. (Deduction)
    6 ____Could you____________ lend me your phone? (Subject – you)

    2 Write sentences using modal verbs.

    1 You / be tall / play the piano. (It isn’t important at all.)


    You don’t have to be tall to play the piano.
    2 Sally / practise singing / every week. (It’s really important as she’s a
    professional singer.)
    Sally must/has to practise singing every week.
    3 We / get to the concert / early. (It’s not obligatory, but it’s a good idea.)
    We should get to the concert early.
    4 Violinists / wear a hat / when they play. (They can if they want, but it’s not
    important.)
    Violinists don’t have to/needn’t wear a hat when they play.
    5 Kevin / wear jeans / at rehearsals. (He can if he wants, but it isn’t a good
    idea.)
    Kevin shouldn’t wear jeans at rehearsals.
    6 The musicians / smoke during a performance. (It’s against the law.)
    The musicians mustn’t smoke during a performance.

    3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of can or be able to.

    1 When he was six years old, Mozart


    ____could__________________________ compose music. Amazing!
    2 I’m sorry, but I ____can’t / won’t be able to__________________________
    come to the concert tonight. I’m not feeling well.
    3 Jenny ___has been able to___________________________ play the viola
    since she was 13.
    4 In the future, we _will be able to_____________________________ build
    robots that can play the violin beautifully.

    4 Rewrite the sentences using modal verbs.

    1 About 20 years from now, I’ll have the ability to speak English fluently.
    I _will be able to speak English fluently about 20 years from
    now._________________________________________________________
    2 It isn’t necessary to buy anything.
    We needn’t buy anything. / We don’t have to buy
    anything.______________________________________________
    3 The performers aren’t permitted to make phone calls during the interval.
    They mustn’t make phone calls during the
    interval.______________________________________________________
    4 I advise you to work harder.
    You _should work harder._________
    __________________________________

    5 Rephrasing.

    __ 1 It’s possible that the show starts at 7pm.


    The show may start at 7pm.
    __ 2 I’m convinced that Karen doesn’t have as many CDs as you think.
    Karen can’t have as many CDs as you think.
    __ 3 You aren’t allowed to touch the animals.
    You can’t / mustn’t touch the animals.
    __ 4 Sue is obliged to work an extra hour. Sue must / has to work an extra
    hour.

    6 Write sentences using some of the verbs in the box and the prompts.

    1 I regret leaving home. I / stay with my parents.


    I should have stayed with my
    parents.________________________________
    2 Ken was definitely out when I called. He / be at work.
    ______Ken must_have been at work.
    _____________________________________
    3 I’m sure Dan didn’t write that novel. He / write it.
    _He can’t have written it.____________________________________________

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