Modal verbs revision 10.de

Master modal verbs with engaging grammar exercises and practice past modals.

Please write your full name so I know whose worksheet it is! Watch the Ted Talk from 5 years ago where Bill Gates is talking about why, how and what we need to be prepared for the reality. Give a short summary of the talk and express your opinion of the thoughts. Use the recording tool of the next question to record your answer or if you really don't have the means of recording, write the answer (you still need to use the space of the next question). Fill in the gaps with the appropriate modal verb. 1. You've got plenty of time. You don't need to not have to hurry.2. There's a knock at the door. I'm expecting Paul. It must be him.3. Can / could ask you a question?4. I don't have togo to work on Saturdays. It's my day off.5. She can't be 35. She looks older than that.6. Tom has given me a letter to post. I mustn't / shouldn't forget to post it.7. Ann stayed in bed this morning because she didn't have to go to work.8. He couldn'tplay chess when he was young.9. You can drive a car when you're 18.10. Jack spends the whole day walking around. He can't have a job.11. My mother keeps telling me that we must / have to wash our hands before we sit down at the dinner table.12. When I was a child I couldn't understand adults, now that I'm an adult I can't understand children.13. Sally looks sad and worried. She must have a problem with something.14. Could I see your passport, please.15. I had to take a taxi because the bus didn't come.16. She shouldn't speak so rudely to her parents.17. The teacher always tells us we must not cheat during a test.18. I couldn't stop laughing. The joke was so funny.19. Can / could you turn down the volume? It's too loud. Past modals. Write the modal verb and the verb in the brackets in the correct form. 1. She must have studied(study) really hard. She passed her exams with excellent grades.2. The concert was fantastic. You really should have come (come).3. The boss is in a terrible mood. The meeting can't have been(be) good.4. Sarah must have been (be) so happy when she found out she was being promoted.5. He can't have known (know) it was your birthday. Otherwise, I'm sure he would have wished you a happy day.6. You shouldn't have shouted (shout) at him. He'll never forgive you.7. He can't have bought(buy) a new car. He doesn't have any money.8. I had to wait 45 minutes for a bus yesterday. There might have been (be) an accident or maybe a strike.9. She needn't have walked(walk). I would have given her a lift in my car.10. I needn't have written (write) her telephone number in my diary. I never phoned her once.11. I didn't need to wash (wash) the car because John had already done it. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two to five words, including the words given. 1. I went to the office then remembered it was my day off. HAVEI needn't have gone to the office as it was my day off.2. Perhaps we missed the correct turning. MIGHTWe might have missedthe correct turning.3. I'm afraid you can't smoke in here. ALLOWEDYou are not allowed to smoke in here.4. They will expect you to wear a suit for the interview. HAVEYou have to wear a suitfor the interview.5. I'd see a doctor if I were you. OUGHTYou ought to see a doctor.6. He couldn't swim until he was in his twenties. ABLEHe wasn't able to swim until he was in his twenties.7. We got a table at the restaurant without a reservation. NEEDWe don't need to book a table at the restaurant.8. You were expected to answer all the questions on the exam paper. ANSWEREDYou should have answered all the questions on the examination paper.