Exercises on modals 2º Bto.

MODALS OF ABILITY AND PERMISSION:

A.- Put the words in the correct order to form sentences.
1.- your sweet / can´t / You / have / until / your dinner / finish / you.
2.- allowed / be / in prison / me / visit / to / won´t / You
3.- were / allowed / late / stay out / on Halloween night / to / The children
4.- we / younger, / were / we / not / When / go / we / where / could / wanted
5.- a teenager / Could / until midnight / you / were / when /? / stay out / you

B.- Choose the correct alternatives.
1.- When dad was young, he was able to / was allowed to play wherever he wanted to.
2.- Last night, I was allowed to/ could stay up late.
3.- Tim crashed his car yesterday, so he won´t be allowed to/ won´t be able to drive you to the station tomorrow
4.- Were you allowed to / Could you ride your bike to school yesterday?
5.- Doctors have been allowed to / have been able to cure many cancers since the last decade
6.- They are passing a new law. Soon we won´t be able to / won´t be allowed to fish in this lake any more
7.- Joe can´t / couldn´t walk until he was three
8.- Can you / will you be able to speak Spanish after you have completed your course?

MODALS OF ADVICE, POSSIBILITY, OBLIGATION AND PROHIBITION:

A.- Rewrite the sentences with the modals given in brackets:

1.- Jason, you needn´t come into the office early tomorrow (have )
2.- He must pass his driving test before he uses our car (can´t)
3.- Don´t think you have to visit me every weekend. You .......................visit me every weekend.(need)
4.- It´s possible that it will snow later (could). It ......................................later.
5.- Don´t go in there. It´s against the law.(not) You.......................go in there. It´s against the law.
6.- You should go to the Bahamas for your holiday. You .................to go to the Bahamas for your holiday

MODAL PERFECTS:

A.- Complete the sentences with this list:

could have painted / couldn´t have walked / didn´t need to go / might have had / might not have remembered / needn´t have bought / ought to have arrived / shouldn´t have been.

1.- I´m not sure how he got to work; he .......................that far.
2.- Tom.....your living room- why didn´t you ask him?
3.- It´s dark outside. The children .............home by now
4.- Susan is late. She...............the address of the restaurant
5.- You.....me these chocolates, but thanks!
6.- I .........to the office today. It´s a public holiday.
7.- Your son .... in such a dangerous part of the city on his own.

REPHRASING ON MODALS:

1.- Tina could read and write when she was only four years old (able)
Tina.............read and write when she was only four years old.
2.- You went to work early, but it wasn´t necessary (have)
You ....................to work early.
3.- Prisoners can´t leave their cells without permission. (allowed)
Prisoners...........................leave their cells without permission.
4.- Taking photos in the courtroom is prohibited (take)
You.......................photos in the courtroom.
5.- There is a possibility that he forgot we were meeting here today (could)
He ...............we were meeting here today.
6.- There´s a chance the judge will let her off with a warning (might)
The judge........................with a warning.
7.- You needn´t leave yet (have)
You....................yet.
8.- We should get her a lawyer (to)
We........her a lawyer.