MODAL VERBS

6.1.  MODAL VERBS

Exercise 6.5.1. Fill in the blanks with "may / might" or "can / could" and make all necessary changes.

1. You       (warn) me about it beforehand. 2. The weather is changing. It       (start) raining. 3. This weapons        (be used) against enemy aircraft on the ground. 4. He       (not hear) your name. That's why he did not say any- thing. 5. She      (not notice) us. We were standing too far away. 6.       I use your name in my report? 7. She      (not hear) the news, that's why she looks as if nothing had happened. 8. The professor says that I       (rewrite) the research.

9.        I use your phone? 10. He        (help) them when they were in trouble.

11.         he (say) it? No, it's not like him. He is a man of few words (немного-

словный человек).

Exercise 6.5.2. Translate into English using "be able to".

1.                Ты сможешь сделать эту работу завтра? 2. Я думаю, он не сумеет решить эту задачу (to accomplish this task). 3. Завтра я буду свободен и смогу помочь тебе. 4. Мы сможем поехать в Нью-Йорк в будущем году?

5.                 Ты сможешь починить мой магнитофон? 6. Вчера я не смог увидеть полковника Петрова, так как он был в командировке, но сегодня я смогу это сделать. 7. Я думаю, что смогу перевести этот текст без словаря.

Exercise 6.5.3. Fill in the gaps with "mustn’t" or "needn’t".

A teacher is speaking to his students before a test:

"You are going to have a test today. Your test papers are on your desks. You       begin until I tell you. You       hurry; you have plenty of time. You speak during the test. You    copy your friends’ work and you     open any of your books. You       write in pen; if you prefer you can write in pencil. You stay when you’ve finished; you can leave if you want to, but you be noisy. When you leave you    wait for your friends outside the classroom. Wait out- side the building! Finally, I wish you all good luck. You can begin now!".

Exercise 6.5.4. Fill in the blanks with modals "tо have to" or "to be to".

1.   Where        the lecture to take place? – I suppose in the classroom

№ 131. 2. So, our plan is as follows: I to go to the library and bring the books. You      to look through all the material here. Later we __ to work together.

3. "You   to do it alone, without anybody's help", – said the teacher. 4. I    to help my friends with this work now. 5. It was raining hard and we     to wait until it stopped raining. 6. I to ask him about it tomorrow, as today he has already gone. 7. According to the order of the commander all the cadets to return the books into the library before the twenty-third of May. 8. As we had agreed before, we       to meet at two o'clock to go to the stadium together.

9.  The field training     to begin tomorrow at 5 p.m. Don't be late.

Exercise 6.5.5. Paraphrase, using the modal verb "need".

Example: It is not necessary to go there. – You need not go there.

1.       There was no necessity for her to do it herself. 2. There is no reason for you to worry. 3. There is no need for you to be present. 4. Why did you men- tion all these numbers? It wasn’t necessary for you. 5. It was not necessary for you to remind me about his birthday. I remember the date very well. 6. It was not necessary for her to cook this enormous dinner: there were only two of us.

7.  It is not necessary to take the six-thirty. A later train will do as well.

Exercise 6.5.6. Rewrite the sentences using the words given in brackets.

1.       It isn’t necessary to buy a ticket (need). 2. I advise him to be more careful (ought). 3. He couldn’t swim when he was five (able). 4. It’s possible that he will win the race (might). 5. You are not allowed to play in their garden (mustn’t). 6. It wasn’t necessary for them to repair the car (need). 7. It’s not possible for you to eat so much (can’t). 8. Do you want me to open the window (shall)? 9. It’s just possible she’s still at work (could). 10. Do you want me to help you with that (would)? 11. I don’t think she is the woman who spoke to me (can’t). 12. We don’t have to go shopping with Mum (needn’t). 13. Is it really possible that she’s 50 years old (can)? 14. It would be a good idea to tell him the truth (better). 15. I advise you to study harder (should).

Exercise 6.5.7. Choose the correct item.

1.  You will  speak Spanish in another few months.

a) can                         b) have              c) be able to           d) ought

2.  I’d like          skate.

a) to can                                 b) to be able to        c) to have to      d) could

3.  Nobody answers the phone. They                                be out.

a) should                                b) would                  c) can                 d) must

4.  I’m sorry, I   have phoned to tell you I was coming.

a) should to                           b) ought to               c) had to            d) could

5.  To my mind, the government                               take care of old people.

a) ought                                  b) need to                 c) must               d) may

6.  I                     get up early on Mondays.

a) am able                              b) have to                 c) must               d) may

7.  The policeman told the woman she                                worry.

a) needn’t                               b) needn’t to           c) couldn’t        d) mustn’t

8.                         you mind passing me the salt?

a) will                                      b) should                 c) could             d) would

9.  As                  remember, I was always interested in scientific experiments.

a) may                                     b) have to                 c) must               d) ought to

10.                Little children like books with large print. They read them more easily.

a) should                                b) must                     c) can                 d) have to