Carol ……… be in; she’s always in the gym in the morning impossibility.. According to the EU, unemployment ……… go down by 2015 possibility.. Tom ……… not use a computer until he went on a
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Rewrite the sentences as if clauses:
1 Sally didn’t find the pendrive because she didn’t look for it carefully
If Sally
………
……
………
………
2 You always make the same mistakes in your essays, what a bore!
I wish
………
……
………
………
3 Do your best at school, then your parents are happy
Your parents
………
………
………
4 The fish doesn’t taste good Why don’t you put some more salt in it?
The fish
………
…
………
………
5 The barbecue was a disaster because it started raining when we were eating
The barbecue
………
………
………
6 Switch the kettle on, then I can make tea
If you
………
……
7 Why do you spend so much time playing videogames?
If only
………
……
………
………
8 We’re broke, so we can’t afford eating out
If we
………
………
9 Phone me before leaving home, then I
Fill in the gaps with the correct modal
verbs:
1 Carol ……… be in; she’s always
in the gym in the morning (impossibility)
2 ……… your brother ski well? No, he
………… (ability)
3 You ……… do your best to
improve your English (advice)
4 Children ……… sit in the front seat
(prohibition)
5 According to the EU, unemployment
……… go down by 2015 (possibility)
6 Tom ……… not use a computer
until he went on a training course last year
(ability in the past)
7 ……… I help you with the ironing?
(offer)
8 We ……… be polite to old people or
mum gets really angry (obligation)
9 You ……… prepare dinner tonight,
we’re going to the new Indian restaurant
(no necessity)
10 My husband ……… not dance at all;
he’s so clumsy! (lack of ability)
11 ……… I tell Mary I love her?
(advice)
12 Sarah ……… be fed up with
waiting for us for one hour! (deduction)
13 Paul ……… pass his exam, but he
didn’t do well (possibility)
14 You ……… speak German
fluently when you finish the school year
(ability in the future)
15 We ……… paint the kitchen;
it’s really dirty (necessity)
16 ………… I borrow your pencil, please?
(permission)
17 It ……… rain this evening Look at
these dark clouds (possibility)
18 The new student ……… be
French; she doesn’t understand the
teacher (impossibility)
19 I ……… (not) to stay up
late (permission)
20 You ……… wear a school
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verbs:
1 Carol CAN’T be in; she’s always in the
gym in the morning (impossibility)
2 CAN your brother ski well? No, he CAN’T
(ability)
3 You SHOULD/ HAD BETTER/OUGHT TO
do your best to improve your English
(advice)
4 Children MUSTN’T sit in the front seat
(prohibition)
5 According to the EU, unemployment
MAY go down by 2015 (possibility)
6 Tom COULD/ WAS ABLE TO not use a
computer until he went on a training
course last year (ability in the past)
7 SHALL I help you with the ironing?
(offer)
8 We MUST/ HAVE TO be polite to old
people or mum gets really angry
(obligation)
9 You DON’T HAVE TO/ DON’T NEED TO/
NEEDN’T prepare dinner tonight, we’re
going to the new Indian restaurant (no
necessity)
10 My husband CAN’T not dance at all;
he’s so clumsy! (lack of ability)
11 SHOULD I tell Mary I love her? (advice)
12 Sarah MUST be fed up with waiting for
us for one hour! (deduction)
13 Paul MAY/MIGHT pass his exam, but he
didn’t do well (possibility)
14 You WILL BE ABLE TO speak German
fluently when you finish the school year
(ability in the future)
15 We HAVE TO/ NEED TO paint the
kitchen; it’s really dirty (necessity)
16 CAN/ MAY I borrow your pencil, please?
(permission)
17 It CAN/ MAY rain this evening Look at
these dark clouds (possibility)
18 The new student CAN’T be French; she
doesn’t understand the teacher
(impossibility)
19 I AM NOT ALLOWED/ CANNOT (not) to
Rewrite the sentences as if clauses:
1 If Sally had looked for the pendrive more carefully, she would have found it
2 I wish you wouldn’t make the same mistakes in your essays
3 Your parents will be happy if you do your best
4 The fish would taste better if you put some more salt in it
5 The barbecue wouldn’t have been a disaster if it hadn’t started raining when
we were eating
6 If you switch the kettle on, I’ll make tea
7 If only you didn’t spend (wouldn’t spend) so much time playing videogames
8 If we weren’t broke, we could afford eating out
9 Unless you phone before leaving home, I’ll be late
10 If Peter hadn’t disobeyed his mother,
he wouldn’t have been grounded
11 Mary wouldn’t have got the job if she hadn’t had the right qualifications
12 Tom’s level would drop if he didn’t eat
so much fatty food/ if he ate less fatty food
13 If you help me with the housework,