MODAL VERBS – PRACTICE

 It is necessary to bring our passports.

 We need to bring our …./ have to bring our passports./ We must bring
our passports.
 It isn’t necessary for the workers to come to the building site
tomorrow.
 The workers don’t have to come …… / They don’t need to come….
 It is necessary to start a diet.
 I need to start a diet./ I must start a diet./ I have to start a diet.
 It is not necessary to lock the door. The watchman is outside.
 You don’t have to lock the door. / You don’t need to lock the door.
 Don’t mind the dishes. Someone is taking care of them later.
 You don’t have to wash the dishes. /You don’t have to mind the dishes.
 It is forbidden to take alcohol on the plane.
 You mustn’t take alcohol on the plane.
 I didn’t buy a new shirt for the party. I already have a perfect good
one.
 I didn’t need to buy a new shirt for the party. I already a perfect one.
 Mother cooked a delicious meal for tonight, but we had already eaten
at McDonald’s.
 Mother needn’t have cooked a delicious meal for tonight.
 If you want my advice, go to the dentist.
 You should go to the dentist.
 Parents don’t allow their children to play outside after 10 pm.
 Children aren’t allowed to play outside after 10 pm.
 You’ve made a big mistake and you offended the whole staff. You
really have to apologise.
 You had better apologise to the whole staff.
 Children under 18 aren’t allowed to drive .
 Children under 18 mustn’t drive.
 There is a possibility that I go to the Metallica concert, but I’m not
sure.
 I may go to the Metallica concert.
 I think it’s a bad idea to go outside wearing a T – shirt in winter.
 You shouldn’t go outside wearing a T –shirt in winter.
 We expect Tom to deliver the presentation on Monday, but he hasn’t
come at the last team meeting to discuss the hour.
 Tom is supposed to deliver the presentation on Monday, but he …..