Unit 3 Grammar practice

Modal verbs; modal perfects 3 Complete the second sentence with between two and five
words so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
Use the bold words.
1 Complete the second sentence with a different form from the
first sentence so that it has a similar meaning. Sometimes We should call the police now. (to)
there is more than one possible answer.
We ought to call the police now.
It isn’t a good idea to hang out with those people. 1 It’s possible that I took your bag by mistake. (could)
You shouldn’t hang out with those people. I ___________________________ your bag by mistake.
1 There’s no obligation for you to be in court that day. 2 Staff can’t make personal calls on this phone. (allowed)
You __________________________________________ Staff ___________________________ make personal calls
2 It’s possible that the judge will send him to prison. on this phone.
The judge _____________________________________ 3 It’s possible that I’ll be absent from court today. (may)
3 It’s against the law for people to burgle houses. I ___________________________ from court today.
People ________________________________________ 4 Eating in the school library is prohibited. (eat)
4 Billy can speak two languages. You ___________________________ in the school library.
Billy __________________________________________ 5 We needn’t phone our parents later. (have)
5 People could hunt wild animals many years ago. We ___________________________ phone our parents
People ________________________________________ later.
6 You must ask for your parents’ permission to go on the trip. 6 It was wrong for him to steal your bike. (should)
You ___________________________________________ He ___________________________ your bike.
7 They should be more careful when they light their campfires. 7 Brad can ride a bike and he’s only three years old. (able)
They __________________________________________ Brad ___________________________ ride a bike and he’s
only three years old.
2 Complete the sentences with suitable modal perfect forms of
the verbs in the list. Sometimes there is more than one
possible answer. 4 Translate the sentences into your language.

be be buy explain go invite play talk tell 1 You should have asked me to help you.
__________________________________________
They may / might / could have been the people who robbed the
2 The thief might go to prison, but he may only do community
bank.
service.
1 You ___________________________ a ticket because I’ve
__________________________________________
got an extra one.
3 You ought to have thought about the consequences before
2 He ___________________________ what happened
breaking the law.
because I already know about it.
__________________________________________
3 The woman who we saw outside the court
4 I should have called the police when I saw the broken
___________________________ the judge for the murder
window.
trial, but we’re not sure.
__________________________________________
4 You ___________________________ the students about
5 You needn’t have bought a new MP3 player because I found
road safety.
your old one.
5 The children ___________________________ with matches
__________________________________________
yesterday – it was very dangerous.
6 Tanya didn’t need to get up early this morning.
6 If the police had caught him during the robbery, he
__________________________________________
___________________________ to prison.
7 These days, the police are able to collect evidence using
7 I ___________________________ my cousin to my birthday
modern technology.
party, but I forgot.
__________________________________________
8 He ___________________________ for so long on the
8 You mustn’t smoke in the hospital.
phone last night.
__________________________________________