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Grammar: modals of obligation (present and past)

Worksheet A
1 Read your sentences below to your partner. Your partner will choose the best verb
form and answer to respond to you.
1 These flowers are for you! Thank you for your help the other day!
2 I’ve been feeling ill all week and I can’t sleep.
3 The plane is leaving in 10 minutes and I am still at security control!
4 I find it difficult to concentrate at the moment.
5 I feel really tired today.

2 Listen to your partner read their sentences/questions. Choose the best verb form
and answer from the list below to respond.
a You musn’t / don’t have to buy her a present. She’d just like you to visit her.
b You should / don’t have to try their special dish. Everyone is saying it is really tasty.
c You have to / mustn’t do it– the flat is a complete mess!
d You didn’t need to study / mustn’t have studied all last weekend in the end!
e You should have / must have left it in the car. That’s the last place we’ve been.

Worksheet B
1 Listen to your partner read their sentences/questions. Choose the best verb form
and answer from the list below to respond.
a You must / must have run to the gate to catch the plane.
b Oh, they’re lovely but you mustn’t have bought / didn’t need to buy me anything.
c You shouldn’t have / mustn’t have stayed up so late watching series last night.
d You shouldn’t / hadn’t to work such long hours. Get some exercise and take regular breaks.
e You should have gone / should go to the doctor’s right now.

2 Read your sentences/questions below to your partner. Your partner will choose the
best verb form and answer to respond to you.
1 I thought we had an exam this Monday but it was a normal class.
2 I don’t want to do housework. It is boring and I don’t like cleaning!
3 I don’t know what to get mum for her birthday. Any ideas?
4 I can’t find my purse. Have you seen it anywhere?
5 I am going to the new restaurant that opened on our street.

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