Past simple and past continuous

Modals

1. 
   Match the two parts of the sentences.
   
   1. 
      I’ve put on a bit of weight so
      
   2. 
      Your hair is very long.
      
   3. 
      Tom was really rude and
      
   4. 
      I know you have a test tomorrow but
      
   5. 
      You said a really horrible thing to Cristina
      
   6. 
      You’re going to have dinner in an hour
      
   7. 
      I’m going to a party tonight.
      
   8. 
      You’ve got a lot of homework.
      
2. 
   Choose the correct options.
   

1. 
   I don’t think I can / could go out tomorrow. I have to study.
   

A What do you think I should wear?

B Don’t you think you ought to start it now?
C I probably ought to exercise more.
D you shouldn’t worry so much about passing or failing.
E so you shouldn’t eat too many biscuits. F you should never speak to him again. G Don’t you think you should get it cut?
H so I think you ought to apologise to her.

2. 
   The WiFi isn’t working so we can’t / haven’t been able to log on to the internet for two days.
   
3. 
   My mum wasn’t able to / couldn’t speak English when she was a child.
   
4. 
   The door wasn’t locked so we could / were able to get into the house.
   
5. 
   I’m sure Sam won’t can / be able to come to the picnic next Saturday. He’s got a football match.
   
6. 
   Would you be able to / Could you really play the piano when you were five years old?
   
7. 
   My laptop stopped working but after I had checked all the cables I could / was able to get it working again.
   
8. 
   He won’t be able to / hadn’t been able to finish his homework before the teacher arrived.
   

3. 
   Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
   
   1. 
      tidy / really / bedroom / have / I / to / my
      

2. 
   have / school / to / take / bus / Derek / Does / the / ?
   

3. 
   yesterday / Why / go / you / cousin’s / have / to / to / did / your / house / ?
   

4. 
   you / study / Do / we’ll / year / to / think / hard / next / have / ?
   

5. 
   secret / our / anyone / mustn’t / so / you / It’s / tell
   

6. 
   museum / Do / into / you / the / to / pay / to / get / have / ?
   

7. 
   take / You / forget / to / keys / go / mustn’t / your / out / you / before
   

8. 
   me / don’t / to / tell / have / You / now, / tell / later / can / you / me
   

9. 
   wouldn’t / you / train / us, / came / with / the / take / you / have / If / to
   

10. 
    had / early / My / every / get / to / sister / up / week / morning / last
    

3. 
   Correct the sentences.
   

1. 
   I don’t can see the television. Can you sit down, please.
   

2. 
   Mark don’t have to call me if he doesn’t want to.
   

3. 
   If I was rich, I would can buy lots of cool things.
   

4. 
   When you’re in Bilbao, you ought visit the Guggenheim Museum.
   

5. 
   I’m sorry I won’t able to go to your party on Friday.
   

6. 
   Students must to always hand in their homework on time.
   

7. 
   The police were called and they could catch the thieves.
   

8. 
   I’m sorry but you don’t must smoke here.
   

5. 
   Complete the sentences with the correct form of a modal verb to express ability, obligation, prohibition or to give advice.
   
   1. 
      You really pay much attention to Philip. He’s always making fun of everyone. (advice)
      
   2. 
      At our school, all the students wear a uniform. (obligation)
      
   3. 
      We print out these pages because the printer’s not working. (ability)
      
   4. 
      You sit down on that bench because the paint is wet. (prohibition)
      
   5. 
      OK, you hand in the homework tomorrow. I’ll give you until Friday. (obligation)
      
   6. 
      When my dad was younger he use a computer. No one had ever taught him. (ability)
      
   7. 
      My brother thinks I get my hair cut. He says it’s too long. (advice)
      
   8. 
      I’ve been calling Paul all day but I speak to him yet. (ability)
      
   9. 
      My mum worked in the USA so she speak English at work. (obligation)
      
   10. 
       We’re installing some new software so you switch off the computer. (prohibition)
       
6. 
   
   Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box and the correct modal verb. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
   

1. 
   If you don’t like the film, I think you something else.
   
2. 
   You the exam in 30 minutes but you a calculator. This is the non-calculator exam.
   
3. 
   I on the amount of sugar I eat. My teeth are terrible!
   
4. 
   You music while you’re studying. You can’t concentrate.
   
5. 
   When I was five, I a bike.
   
6. 
   You me – I can keep a secret.
   
7. 
   Did you everything the teacher said in your notebooks?
   
8. 
   Were you the password when you logged on?
   

7 Choose the correct options.