Name __________________________ Mark ________ / 30
Unit 4 Grammar
MODALS
1 Read the information about Jason. Complete the
sentences about him with can, could and be able
to. Use the negative form if necessary. (6 marks)
Jason
Age 5: He learned to read.
Age 6: He learned to ride a bike.
Age 7: He learned to swim.
Age 11: He had to go to bed early every night.
Now: He is a chef, but he hasn’t got a job.
Next month: He is starting a course in French.
When he was four he couldn’t read.
1 He ________ ride a bike since he was six.
2 He ________ swim when he was seven.
3 He ________ stay up late when he was eleven.
4 He ________ cook.
5 He ________ find a job for two months.
6 At the end of next month, he ________ say some
simple sentences in French, but he ________
speak French fluently.
2 Complete the sentences with can’t, must, may,
might or could. (6 marks)
That girl looks just like Natalie. She must be her
sister.
1 You’ve been designing web pages for years. You
________ be very good at it by now.
2 ‘Is that your phone ringing?’ ‘It ________ be
mine, but I’m not sure.’
3 That computer game costs £3,000! There
________ be a mistake.
4 Joanna spends a lot of time with Tom. She
________ like him a lot.
5 I’m sorry, but this injection ________ be painful.
6 ‘Robert says he’s got tickets for the festival.’ ‘He
________ have them already. No one can buy
them until tomorrow.’
3 Choose the correct answers. (6 marks)
When you use a computer, you should /
shouldn’t / mustn’t sit correctly in your chair.
1 You mustn’t / should / have to use just one
finger when you type. This will cause problems.
2 You must / don’t have to / ought to press the
mouse hard. It’s better if you press it softly.
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3 Don’t keep a lot of things on your desk next to
your computer. Your desk doesn’t have to /
mustn’t / should be clear.
4 You needn’t / have to / mustn’t sit at the
computer for long periods of time. It’s not good for
you.
5 Your arms shouldn’t / have to / should rest on
the desk when you type. Raise them slightly.
6 The printer should / doesn’t have to / mustn’t
be on the desk with the screen. It can be
anywhere.
MODALS + PERFECT
INFINITIVES
4 Match the situations 1–6 with the explanations
A–G. (6 marks)
Ivan is very upset. E
1 I can’t hear anything from Rosie’s bedroom. 
________
2 The students have been in the jungle for a week. 
________
3 Our teacher looks slimmer. ________
4 Hannah is late home. ________
5 The children were watching a film in Japanese. 
________
6 Jake can’t walk properly. ________
A He must have been on a diet.
B They can’t have understood it.
C He must have hurt his foot.
D We needn’t have cooked dinner so early.
E He must have had some bad news.
F They can’t have eaten a proper meal.
G She might have fallen asleep.
5 Correct the errors in these sentences. (6 marks)
You must been nervous waiting for the exam
results.
You must have been nervous waiting for the
exam results.
1 You might have meet my brother before, but I
don’t think so.
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2 I think she may have catch a taxi.
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3 We could flown direct to Granada but we thought
we’d stop in Madrid.
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4 You can’t been at the match last night. It was

cancelled.
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5 She must has worked all night to finish her
essay.
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6 I might have taked a gap year if I’d had enough
money.
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