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Exercises
1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
She hasn't to go to work today.
can to make you a sandwich.
Do I should come back later?
Has he to go to the meeting?
We aren't allowed park here.
You don’t must use your phone here.
2 Read the signs. Complete the sentences with the
correct modal form. Write all the possible answers.
1 TICKETS NEEDED BEFORE ENTRY
You Fees buy a ticket
before you enter.
2 TABLETS AND PHONES ALLOWED ON
THIS FLIGHT
You tum off your tablets or
phones on this flight.
3 NO PARKING
Notion oom
park here.
4. THIS FILM IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR
CHILDREN
Children _see this film.
5 EXAMIN PROGRESS: BE QUIET!
You / speak quietly.
3 Complete the text with modal verbs and the verbs
in parentheses. Use affirmative and negative forms
of the modal verbs.
‘School lunches are very popular in the US. Most
children? (ay) for schoo! lunches, but
they don't cost alot. However, poorer families
(pay}—the school lunches are free.
“There are strict rules about school lunches. For
example, every meal? (include)
‘meat or fish, fruit and vegetables, and bread,
potatoes or other grains. Another rule is that
school cafeterias * (Gell) food and
drinks with a lot of sugar and salt.
Children $ (eat) school lunches if they
don’t want to. They * (bring) a bag
lunch from home. There are many rules for the
types of food to give children in their bag lunches.
For example, children” (eat) fruit
every day and they * (have) junk food
like potato chips and candy.Modal Verbs
Exercises
1 Read the text about strange laws, Complete th2 text with the ee)
necessary
can't must —_ allowed mustn't had have have to /had to
present. past
The world’s strangest laws
1. You can't play golf on the streets of New York.
2 In Miami, you skateboard in a police station.
3. In the UK, you are not to die in the Houses of
Parliament.
4 In Russia in the seventeenth century, you to pay tax
to grow abeard.
5 InLondon, you don't to pay to take sheep across
London Bridge.
6 Inthe US stat: of Kentucky, the law says everyone
take a bath atleast once a year.
Gieicueam ae)
2 Choose the correct option.
1 You(iustY can wear black pants and a black shirt ‘or this job. It's obligatory.
Do I must / have to drive on the left or the right? Must | drive on the lel or the Fight?
T mustn't / don’t have to go to school today because I don’t have any classes.
It’sa rule that everyone has to / is allowed to take a shower before swimming.
‘That sign says “no parking,”You can’t / don’t haveto park here.
Junk food is bad for you. You can / should eat more vegetables.
Children have to / aren't allowed to enter the pool without an adult.
Students shouldn't / musta’ talk in the library. The rule says “silence at all times.”
Rewrite the sentence with the same meaning, using the verb in bold.
1 We can stay up late tonight. lowed
We're allowed to stay up late tonight.
2 When Iwasa child, it was the rule to wear a school uniform. had
When I was a child, 1 a school uniform.
3. Be careful about driving so quickly on this road. shouldn't
You on this roai.
4 I'm going to be late, so it isn’t necessary to wait forme. (have)
Tm going to be late, so you for me.
5 Billy isn't allowed to watch this TV show. can't
Billy this TV show.
6 Youre prohibited from walking on the grass. mustn't
You jon the grass.
3Grammar modal verbs
7 Rewrite the visitor information from a national
park with modal verbs. Sometimes more than one
answer is possible.
EE Camping in the park is not allowed. "0%
BB Picnics are restricted to designated areas.“
E]_ Do not swim in the river. “°°
soverscoe TY It’s a good idea to carry water with you.
nornecessasy EY It’s not necessary to show identification to
enter.
Approaching wild animals is not advisable.
secsssesv oS EE Report any incidents with wild animals.
Provsemowsovice II
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