MODAL VERBS CONDITIONAL CLAUSES Fill in the gaps with the correct modal verbs: Rewrite the sentences as if clauses: Carol ………………… be in; she’s always in the gym in the morning (impossibility) …………… your brother ski well? No, he ………… (ability) You ……………… your best to improve your English (advice) Children ……………… sit in the front seat (prohibition) According to the EU, unemployment …………… go down by 2015 (possibility) Sally didn’t find the pendrive because she didn’t look for it carefully If Sally ……………………………………………………… …… ……………………………………………………… ……………… You always make the same mistakes in your essays, what a bore! I wish ……………………………………………………… …… ……………………………………………………… …………… Do your best at school, then your parents are happy Your parents ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… ……………… The fish doesn’t taste good Why don’t you put some more salt in it? The fish ……………………………………………………… … ……………………………………………………… ……………… The barbecue was a disaster because it started raining when we were eating The barbecue ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………… ……………… Switch the kettle on, then I can make tea If you ……………………………………………………… …… Why you spend so much time playing videogames? If only ……………………………………………………… …… ……………………………………………………… ……………… We’re broke, so we can’t afford eating out If we ……………………………………………………… ……… Phone me before leaving home, then I won’t be late Unless you ……………………………………………………… Tom ………………… not use a computer until he went on a training course last year (ability in the past) …………… I help you with the ironing? (offer) We …………… be polite to old people or mum gets really angry (obligation) You …………… prepare dinner tonight, we’re going to the new Indian restaurant (no necessity) 10 My husband …………… not dance at all; he’s so clumsy! (lack of ability) 11 …………… I tell Mary I love her? (advice) 12 Sarah ……………… be fed up with waiting for us for one hour! (deduction) 13 Paul …………… pass his exam, but he didn’t well (possibility) 14 You …………………… speak German fluently when you finish the school year (ability in the future) 15 We ………………… paint the kitchen; it’s really dirty (necessity) 16 ………… I borrow your pencil, please? (permission) 17 It …………… rain this evening Look at these dark clouds (possibility) 18 The new student ……………… be French; she doesn’t understand the teacher (impossibility) 19 I ………………………… (not) to stay up late (permission) 20 You ………………… wear a school uniform (no necessity) 21 We ………………… speak in class (prohibition) Fill in the gaps with the correct modal verbs: Rewrite the sentences as if clauses: Carol CAN’T be in; she’s always in the gym in the morning (impossibility) CAN your brother ski well? No, he CAN’T (ability) You SHOULD/ HAD BETTER/OUGHT TO your best to improve your English (advice) Children MUSTN’T sit in the front seat (prohibition) According to the EU, unemployment MAY go down by 2015 (possibility) Tom COULD/ WAS ABLE TO not use a computer until he went on a training course last year (ability in the past) SHALL I help you with the ironing? (offer) We MUST/ HAVE TO be polite to old people or mum gets really angry (obligation) You DON’T HAVE TO/ DON’T NEED TO/ NEEDN’T prepare dinner tonight, we’re going to the new Indian restaurant (no necessity) 10 My husband CAN’T not dance at all; he’s so clumsy! (lack of ability) 11 SHOULD I tell Mary I love her? (advice) 12 Sarah MUST be fed up with waiting for us for one hour! (deduction) 13 Paul MAY/MIGHT pass his exam, but he didn’t well (possibility) 14 You WILL BE ABLE TO speak German fluently when you finish the school year (ability in the future) 15 We HAVE TO/ NEED TO paint the kitchen; it’s really dirty (necessity) 16 CAN/ MAY I borrow your pencil, please? (permission) 17 It CAN/ MAY rain this evening Look at these dark clouds (possibility) 18 The new student CAN’T be French; she doesn’t understand the teacher (impossibility) 19 I AM NOT ALLOWED/ CANNOT (not) to stay up late (permission) 20 You DON’T HAVE TO/ NEEDN’T/ DON’T NEED TO wear a school uniform (no necessity) 21 We MUSTN’T speak in class (prohibition) 22 DO you HAVE TO take the school bus? (obligation) If Sally had looked for the pendrive more carefully, she would have found it I wish you wouldn’t make the same mistakes in your essays Your parents will be happy if you your best The fish would taste better if you put some more salt in it The barbecue wouldn’t have been a disaster if it hadn’t started raining when we were eating If you switch the kettle on, I’ll make tea If only you didn’t spend (wouldn’t spend) so much time playing videogames If we weren’t broke, we could afford eating out Unless you phone before leaving home, I’ll be late 10 If Peter hadn’t disobeyed his mother, he wouldn’t have been grounded 11 Mary wouldn’t have got the job if she hadn’t had the right qualifications 12 Tom’s level would drop if he didn’t eat so much fatty food/ if he ate less fatty food 13 If you help me with the housework, you’ll get some pocket money