KEY - CPE Use of English (Evans, 2013)

Unit 2: MODALS

1. 21. She may have been behaving so arrogantly

1. must/have to because of her insecurity.
2. was able to 22. Should I apply for the junior accountant's
3. have to/must post?
4. have to/must 23. You could have notified them about the
5. was able to change of plans.
6. must/have to
7. couldn't 3.
8. couldn't/wasn´t able to 1. David can't be lying this time.
9. don't have to 2. George may buy a house this year.
3. Linda must be earning a high salary.
2. 4. Mark must have been living in Spain at the
1. Can I help you? time.
2. Will you give this message to Mrs Bates? 5. You may need to hand in a research paper.
3. The President can't have made such a contradictory 6. He can't have been just speculating when he
statement said that the prices will rise.
4. Could we/I pay in instalments?
5. Would you like to have a look at my article before I 4.
hand it in? 1. Brian needn't finish the reports quickly.
6. Aunt May needn't have cooked chicken soup for us. 2. Mary needn't go to work tomorrow.
7. He should have made sure that he had a spare tyre. 3. You mustn't drink or eat on the Metro.
8. You must not/never strike a match at a petrol 4. I needn't submit my proposal so early.
station.
9.You ought to get a dental check-up every six 5.
months. 1. Mrs Smith didn't need to cook a meal for her
10. Might the flight be cancelled? family last night.
11. May I pay by credit card? 2. Mr Jones didn't need to collect his wife from
12. Paul might come to the party this evening. the airport.
13. Governments must take action against tax 3. Paul needn't have stayed up all night
evasion.
14. Sue should have left home earlier. 6.
15. Business must be experiencing a severe recession 1. how about going out
now. 2. is every likelihood that he will be
16. Harry can't have spent the whole evening studying 3. is bound to return
for his French exam. 4. made it impossible for him to understand
17. Do I really have to make the presentation 5. you supposed to sign this form
tomorrow? 6. it likely he was telling
18. He might not be appointed Minister of Health. 7. does coming on Saturday suit
19. You ought not to make personal phone calls at 8. would you like to go
work.
20. You shouldn't have relied on Michael's support. 7.
1. b
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. d
6. c
 5. a
8. 6. c
1. isn't compulsory to inform 7. g
2. you mind if I borrow 8. d
3. will be prevented from entering 9. e
4. is against the rules to start writing
13. on your own
9. 14. on your own
1. of
2. Few 15.
3. as 1. in
4. matter 2. with
5. due 3. to
6. under 4. at
7. Even 5. to
8. born 6. about
7. with
10. 8. on
a) 9. to
1. h 10. about
2. a 11. with
3. f
4. b 16.
5. g 1. for sale
6. e 2. absorbed in
7. d 3. in possession of
8. c 4. meddle in
5. in sight
b) on your own 6. advise you of
7. at hand
11. 8. supported her in
a) 9. by sight
1. has built up 10. responded with
2. balanced against
3. bank on 17.
4. blew over 1. blew his top when he heard
5. booked up 2. was completely baffled by his
6. bears out 3. birthday coincides with the
7. blew up 4. children are cruel to their
8. brush up on 5. a new jacket on the spur of the
9. broke though 6. a blessing in disguise for
7. socially, but drives a hard bargain in
b) on your own 8. has a bee in his bonnet about
9. had butterflies in her stomach before the
12. 10. on the verge of passing out
1. i 11. had no recollection of
2. h 12. finally decided to hand in his resignation
3. b 13. got up at the crack of dawn
4. j 14. seemed to matter to him as much as/more
than
15. will be postponed until/to
16. on suspicion of spying
18. 5. about
1. tittering 6. way
2. sniggered 7. up
3. laugh 8. from
4. beamed
5. smiled 23.
6. guffawed 1. seductive
7. giggle 2. motionless
8. sneers 3. inspiration
9. grins 4. minorities
10. smirk 5. graceful
6. precedence
19. 7. gripping
1. invariably 8. precision
2. durability
3. attention 24.
4. decorative 1. has no regrets about turning down/that he
5. colonisation turned down
6. exploitation 2. is their intention to go to Crete
7. unprecedented 3. that I was an idiot to give up
8. underground 4. only reason for coming was to see
5. are the chances of you/your moving before
20. 6. was a poor/low turnout at /for
A gaggle of geese
A shoal of fish
A pride of lions
A swarm of bees
A colony of monkeys/ants
A herd of cows
A flock of sheep
A pack of wolves
A troop of monkeys
A school of fish
A bunch of grapes

21.
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B

22.
1. in
2. all
3. with
4. little