In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 1
Прочитайте предложения. Определите функцию модального глагола.
1. She can dance but she can't sing. (способность)
2. Could you do something for me? I have a problem.
3. I think you should write and apologize.
4. What time must you start work?
5. She could read when she was three.
6. You may use my phone.
7. You must hold it very carefully. It's very fragile.
8. You mustn't drive if you've been drinking.
9. Give me your suitcase. I'll take it to the car.
10. — Thank you, doctor. Shall I come in a week?
— Only if absolutely necessary.
11. They must be at home at this time.
12. They can't be out at this time of night.
13. You can't consult your neighbour at the exam.

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Модальные глаголы Can, May, Must и их эквиваленты.
Каждый модальный глагол многозначен, НО не нужно забывать, что
a) основное значение глагола CAN — способность, умение что-либо делать;
MAY — разрешение, MUST — долженствование

Упражнение 2
Заполните пропуски глаголами can, can't, could, couldn't.
1. I was chosen to represent our company in Spain because I am the only person in our firm who
speak Spanish.
2. I
do my homework last night because I was too tired.
3. Do you know how to cook? — Yes, I
cook very well.
4. He
watch TV last night because his TVset was broken.
5. Mozart
play the piano and compose music at the age of three.
6. Elephants
live until they are seventy.
7. We
go swimming yersterday because the water was cold.
8. This diamond ring is too expensive for me. I
buy it.
9. Einstain
speak 8 foreign languages.
10. The coffee is too hot I
drink it.

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Упражнение 3
Заполните пропуски глаголами can, can't, could, couldn't или соответствующей формой эквивалента be (was/were) able to.
1. Tod was a very talented child. He play the piano well when he was seven.
2. She climb the mountain last year.
3. He fly a helicopter.
4. What's forty-eight divided by eight? I'd better use the calculator as I do sums in my head.
5. I had a row with Sheila last night about nuclear arms. I understand the point she was trying to make, but I still didn't agree.
6. A girl was drowning, but I jumped in and I save her. I swim since six.
7. The view was breathtaking. You see right across the valley to the hills in the distance.
8. Ann's operation was very successful. Now she walk again.
9. It was dark in the room and I find my things.
10. Last week he arrange a meeting with the Prime Minister.

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Упражнение 4
Заполните пропуски глаголами may, might, или эквивалентом — to be allowed to / not to be allowed to.
1. You go to the cinema with your friends, but, please, don't come home late.
2. He work in the laboratory next week.
3. Until you are eighteen you marry.
4. I take your dictionary for a minute?
5. You leave this little matter entirely to me, MrBrown.
6. She want some more wine. You'd better ask her to find it out.
7. He park here. It's strickly prohibited.
8. When we lived in a hotel we not make any noise after nine.
9. According to the rules you not bring guests.
10. You take my dictionary. I don't need it now.

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Упражнение 5
Закончите предложения, используя модальный глагол must и выражения, данные ниже.
a. close the door behind you
b. go to medical school
c. have a driver's license
d. have a library card
e. have a passport
f. pay an income tax
g. speak English outside of class every day, read newspapers
h. stop
i. study harder
j. take one pill every six hours
1. According to the law a driver must have a driver's license. ( a )
2. If a traffic light is red, a car must .
3. My doctor gave me a prescribtion. According to the directions on the bottle, I must .
4. If you want to check a book out of the library, you must .
5. Nancy has a job in Chicago. She earns 20,000$ a year. According to the law, she must .
6. I failed the last two tests in my biology class. According to my professor, I must .
7. I want to travel abroad. According to the law, I must .
8. If you want to become a doctor, you must .
9. Jimmy! It's cold outside. When you come inside, you must .
10. To improve my English, I must .

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Упражнение 6
Заполните пропуски глаголом must или соответствующей формой глаголов have to или be to.
1. We wait for some minutes because we missed the train.
2. I meet my sister at the station today at 7.
3. There is no ice-cream. According to the schedule it be delivered at twelve.
4. I leave early because I was not feeling quite well.
5. The inn was small and we share the room.
6. She come to work in time or I'll fire her!
7. To know English you read more books in the original.
8. The game begin at 6 according to the programme.
9. You study well or you will not enter the university.
10. I be at the meeting. My boss ordered me to be there. He will accept no excuses.

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Упражнение 7
Заполните пропуски модальными глаголами и выражениями.
1. We fit our children for life. (должны)
2. A well-chosen system of education prepare children for life. (может)
3. Some people think that by free education for all one solve all the problems of society.(может)
4. We understand that education take different forms in different countries (должны, может).
5. the work of completely uneducated farmer be far more important than that of a professor? (может)
6. The professors waste much of their time doing housework if they have no one to do it for them. (приходиться)
7. We already see that free education for all is not enough. (можем)
8. We find means to provide all edcated people with jobs. (следует)
9. Manual labour be thought dirty or shameful. (не следует)
10. In the future we shall to provide each of us with the job. (сможем)

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