She didn’t spill a drop of milk.ģ3) They must have given us the correct information about the road.ģ4) The students have passed the tests. ģ0) She must have been quite conscious of having made a mistake.ģ1) The telegram must have certainly come in time.ģ2) She must have been very careful. reach the shore before he collapsed.Ģ9) I don’t think I.
convince them that we were innocent.Ģ8) The swimmer was very tired but he. you please forward it to this address.Ģ7) The police were suspicious at first but I. have a pony of his own.Ģ5) If a letter comes for me.
Ģ1) I think, when I’m twenty-five, then I. Insert may/might or can/could or to be able to. What’s the matter? (to catch a cold)Ģ0) Where is the nurse? (to give injections to the patients)ĥ. What’s the matter? (to cry)ġ8) Why is Ann absent? (to be interviewed)ġ9) He looks sick and tired. Express supposition implying uncertainty.ġ7) Her eyes are red. ġ5) Is Jack in his office? – I’m not sure. ġ4) Why didn’t Tom answer the doorbell? – I’m sure he was in the house at the time. Complete these sentences with modal verbs to express possibility or uncertainty.ġ1) Where are you going for your holidays? – I haven’t finally decided but I.ġ2) What sort of car are you going to buy? – I’m not sure yet but I. Rewrite the following sentences so that each sentence contains the modal verb can.ĥ) It’s hardly possible that he was puzzled by such a simple question.Ħ) I doubt that she was making notes of what he said.ħ) It’s hardly possible that he feels more dead than alive.Ĩ) It’s impossible that she is keeping to a milk diet.ĩ) I doubt that he has been cured of pneumonia so quickly.ġ0) Where is Silvia hiding? – I’m looking for her everywhere!ģ. Correct any errors inserting either can/could or to be able to where necessaryġ) I read when I was four years old, but I not write very well.Ģ) His writing was so bad that I not read his letter at first, but with an effort I make out what he said.ģ) We not afford to pay for our journey across Africa, but we make it in the end because the bicycle firm lend us the money.Ĥ) When he arrived in Africa, no one tell Stanley if Livingstone was alive or dead, but after a long journey, we find him.Ģ.