MODAL VERBS:

EXERCISES
IES Jesús de Monasterio
2020 / 2021
Worksheet I: Solutions
■ Exercise A: ■ Exercise B:
1D 1 She could walk before she was a year old.
2G 2 The party was supposed to be a secret. You shouldn’t
3A have said anything.
4F 3 I’m not sure, but I might leave early tonight.
5H 4 I’m not afraid to go alone. You needn’t come with me.
6B 5 It’s late. You must be very tired.
7E 6 You ought to have introduced me to your friends. I
8C didn’t know anyone’s name.
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■ Exercise C:

1) Nobody told her anything about the argument. She couldn’t have
known anything.
2) We arrived to early. We shouldn’t have been in such a hurry.
3) She must have left the office because her coat and bag aren’t here.
4) I could have driven to work, but the weather was so nice that I decided
to walk.
5) It’s posible that I might have forgotten to tell Joe about the meeting.
6) You should have called her on her birthday. She never forgets to call
you.
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■ Exercise D:

1) They don’t have to finish the job tonight. / They needn’t finish the job tonight.
2) I may have taken your jacket by mistake. / I might have taken your jacket by
mistake.
3) That man can speak four languages. / That man is able to speak four languages.
4) I should have worn a sunhat.
5) It must have rained last night. The grass is wet.
6) You couldn’t have seen Jack because he’s been abroad since the summer.
 Grammar in context (pp 20 -21)
Ex 1
■ 1 must Ex 3
■ 2 should ■ 1 should have ■ 3 Luckily, they didn’t need to / didn’t
have to wait long.
■ 3 needn’t ■ 2 mustn’t
■ 4 I needn’t have taken an umbrella
■ 4 shouldn’t ■ 3 had to because it didn’t rain.
■ 5 don’t have to ■ 4 should have Ex 6
■ 6 have to ■ 5 must ■ 1 I realized that a hacker must have got
into our system.
Ex 4
Ex 2 ■ 1 needn’t have / shouldn’t have ■ 2 I should have made copies of the
documents!
■ 1 mustn’t ■ 2 shouldn’t have
■ 3 But I needn’t have called him.
■ 2 should ■ 3 should have
■ 4 I will have to look for another job.
■ 3 don’t have to ■ 4 didn’t need
Ex 7
■ 4 should Ex 5
■ 1 could / may / might
■ 5 have to ■ 1 You shouldn’t have forgotten your
phone. ■ 2 must
■ 3 could / may / might
■ 2 We mustn’t leave school early.
■ 4 could / may / might
■ 5 can’t
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Ex 8
■ 1 could / may / might have got in Ex 10 Ex 11
■ 2 must have eaten ■ 1A ■ 1 had to
■ 3 can’t have looked ■ 2B ■ 2 can / should
■ 4 could / may / might have been ■ 3B ■ 3 mustn’t
■ 4C ■ 4 don’t have to
Ex 9 Possible answers: ■ 5B ■ 5 should
■ 1 Someone must have stolen it. / It ■ 6 must have
must have been stolen.
■ 7 could / may / might have
■ 2 She could have missed the bus. /
Her bus could have been late. ■ 8 couldn’t have

■ 3 She must have failed the exam. ■ 9 needn’t have

■ 4 It can’t have been John.

 Reading (p 24)
Ex 1 ■ 5 aim
■ 1C ■ 6 threats
■ 2D Ex 3
■ 3A ■ 1b
■ 4B ■ 2b
■ 3d
Ex 2 Ex 4 Possible answers:
■ 1 dating violence ■ 1 The fact that 36% of boys would consider
hitting their partner.
■ 2 figures
■ 2 Its main aim is to make boys and girls
■ 3 awareness campaign understand that violence in relationships is never
■ 4 urged justified.
■ 3 No, threatening language is also discussed.
Listening Workbook (p 22)
Exercises 4 and 5

Ex 4
■ 1c
■ 2a Ex 5 Possible answers:
■ 3d ■ 1 Because he disagrees strongly with her
■ 4b opinion.
■ 2 Because she hasn’t answered his last
question.
Exam Trainer Listening 2 (page 16 and 17)