Modal verbs exercises
- 1. Can – must – might – should – may - will - would Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He ____________ be exhausted after such a long flight. He_______________________ prefer to stay in tonight and get some rest. If you want to get a better feeling for how the city is laid out, you ______________ walk downtown and explore the waterfront. When you have a small child in the house, you ___________________ leave small objects lying around. Such objects ______________ be swallowed, causing serious injury or even death. Hiking the trail to the peak ________________be dangerous if you are not well prepared for dramatic weather changes. You ________________ research the route a little more before you attempt the ascent. Please make sure to water my plants while I am gone. If they don't get enough water, they _____________________ die. Ned: ____________________I borrow your lighter for a minute? Stephen: Sure, no problem. Actually, you keep it if you want to. I've given up smoking. You look a bit confused. _____________________ I help you? ___________________you like a piece of chocolate cake? ________________________ you help me, please? I ______________________be at the meetingby 10:00. I will probablyhave to take a taxi if I want to be on time. I _________________ stop smoking. ____________________ I borrow your eraser? You ___________________ pay attention to the class, dear students. I said I _____________________ help you if you did your homework. You ___________________ be joking. ________________ I have a quick word with you, Brian? It's nothing serious. Drivers ________________________stop when the traffic lights are red. ___________________ you speak Italian? No, I ___________________. Look at that balloon. It's over there. ____________________ you see it? 2. Completa as frases: a) _______________________ you help me with the composition? (very polite request) b) There are some clouds in the sky. It _____________________ rain a lot. (probability) c) I have bad marks. I _________________________ study hard every day. (necessity) d) __________________________________ I use your phone, please?(polite request) e) _____________________ you like to come with me to the stadium?(polite invitation) f) I am afraid I _____________________ help you with thishomework. (negative ability) g) Pay attention. You ________________________ make noise in classes. (prohibition)
- 2. 3. Analisa se as frasesa seguir estão corretas ou incorretas, ou seja, se estão constituídascom o verbo modal adequadoàsinformações nelascontidas. a) She can swim very well. ( ) True ( ) False b) Can I speak to you for a moment? ( ) True ( ) False c) He hasn't come to school. He would be ill. ( ) True ( ) False d) Look at your shoes. They are terrible. You could but a new pair of shoes. ( ) True ( ) False e) It was very serious. He must be dying. ( ) True ( ) False f) You should trythis food. It is better for your health. ( ) True ( ) False g) Could you like help me in the homework? ( ) True ( ) False h) I maypaint my house because it is not difficult. ( ) True ( ) False) i) Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry, but you mustn't park your car here. ( ) True ( ) False j) Hello, good morning. Can I help you? ( ) True ( ) False 4. Escolha a opção que corresponda à ideia das frases em negrito. I. My grandfather is likely to lend me the money I need. a) My grandfather maygive me the moneyI need. b) My grandfather must lend me the moneyI need. c) My grandfather should give the money I need. II. Do you know how to solve the problem? a) How may you solve the problem? b) How can you solve the problem? c) How must you solve the problem? III. Perhaps the rain is stopping soon. a) The rain can stop soon. b) The rain must stop soon. c) The rain may stop soon. IV. You aren't allowed to play ball games at the library. a) You can't play ball games at the library. b) You would play ball gamesat the library. c) You mustn't play ball gamesat the library V. It's almost certain that he is in London. a) He could be in London. b) He must be in London. c) He should be in London.
- 3. Marca a resposta correta: 5) I ................... goto see the doctor last week because I was very ill. a) must b) must to c) had to 6) I ……………......... gonow because I am alreadylate for my class. a) must b) had c) have to 7) I may....................... able tocome to your partyif I have the time. a) be b) being c) beingto 8) Do you ..................... clean the house every day or every week? a) must b) have c) have to 9) I ................... speakFrench without a problem now because I have had many lessons. a) may b) can c) have 10)They ........................ dotheir homework today because it is a holidayat the school. a) must not b) don't have c) don't have to 11) I ......... help you with your shoppingbecause you have a lot of bags. a) ought b) ought to c) thought 12) When will you ......... come and see us in our new house? a) can b) be able to c) must 13) I………….......... goto Parisnext week because there is a very big exhibition there. a) mustn't b) must c) hasto 14) SHOPAHOLICS Psychiatristsand social scientistshave various theories as to why people engage in compulsive behaviour. Shopaholics, they suggest, could be sexuallyfrustrated, might suffer from lack of self-esteem, or they mayjust have a neurotic reaction to television commercialsand glossy advertisements. The modals COULD, MIGHT and MAY appear in the Paragraph to expressthe idea of: a) permission.
- 4. b) possibility. c) intention. d) prohibition. e) ability. 15) Assinala a alínea correspondente à alternativa que preenche corretamente aslacunasda frase apresentada. Janet: Look, our boat is sinking! Peter: Oh, dear!Can you swim? Janet: Yes, but we won't have to, there'sa life boat on board. In the above dialogue, the verbs "CAN" and "HAVETO" expressrespectively.................. and ………………....... . a) ability - obligation b) permission - prohibition c) possibility - prohibition d) permission - possibility e) ability – necessity 16) "Bob,..._____.(I)……......you do me a real favour?' "Yes,of course." "...............(II)………...tomeet myfriend Tony tomorrow at one and I'm going to be late. Could you meet……………....(III)……………….....for me?" "Yes,certainly, ......................(IV)........................better tell me what he looks like." Escolhe o modal adequadopara preencher a lacuna I da frase apresentada. a) may b) could c) must d) ought e) should 17) 'Should' is the same a: a) would b) had to c) ought to d) might e) can
- 5. CORREÇÃO 1) a) must– might b) should c) mustn’t – can d) can – must e) will / might f) May / Can g) can h) Can / May i) Would j) Can k) must l) will m) May n) should o) would p) must q) May/ Can r) must s) Can – can’t t) Can 2) a) May b) might c) must d) Could e) Would f) can’t g) mustn’t h) may i) should 3) a) True b) False c) False d) False e) True f) True g) False h) True i) True j) False 4) I. My grandfather must lend me the moneyI need. II. How can you solve the problem? III. The rain muststop soon. IV. You mustn'tplay ball games atthe library. V. He mustbe in London. 5) had to 6) must 7) be 8) have to 9) can 10) don't have to 11) oughtto 12) be able to 13) must 14) possibility. 15) ability – necessity 16) could 17) oughtto