Modal verbs

1 Match sentences 1–5 to the explanations A–F.

She shouldn’t eat so much fast food. E
1 Sara might not live in Bristol for much longer.
2 She doesn’t have to revise this evening.
3 She must be at home.
4 Tim may have her phone number.
5 She can’t go out today.
A The exam isn’t until next week.
B I saw her bike outside her house.
C She isn’t very well.
D They’re close friends.
E It’s not very healthy.
F She said that she wants to move.
2 Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.
Liz / languages / How / can / speak / many / ?
How many languages can Liz speak?
1 into / mustn’t / exam room / take / Students /
mobile phones / the
2 gym / Sarah / be / the / might / at
3 he / couldn’t / until / eight years old / Tom / read / was
4 class / eat / We / in / allowed / aren’t / to
5 university / might / to / I / year / go / next
6 they / sure / brothers / I’m / can’t / be
7 art project / have / to / We / Monday / hand in /
don’t / the /until
3 Choose the correct alternatives.
I don’t know if I can go to the cinema. I may / could not
have time.
1 I’m not sure where she is. She might / must be upstairs.
2 He hates football, so these might / can’t be his boots.
3 You mustn’t / don’t have to take a dictionary into
the exam. It’s against the rules.
4 That boy looks exactly like Lisa. He must / can be her
twin brother.
5 I’m sorry, but you aren’t allowed to / don’t have to
sit here.
6 He should / could work harder if he wants to pass
the exam.
7 I used to be embarrassed because I couldn’t /
might not dance