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04.09.2024, 21:56 Ready for C2 Proficiency Student's Book Classroom Presentation
MEETING IN THE MIDDLE
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Language focus Modal verbs 1
1 Choose the correct modal verb to complete the sentences from the listening.
… try as we can / might to keep up with people, our friendship circles shrink as we
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move into adulthood.
2 And so the question is, how can / must we fill that friendship gap?
3 … it’s not entirely unreasonable that we can / should make this assumption, …
4 We ought not to / may not let ourselves fall into this common trap.
2 Check your answers to Exercise 1 in the Audioscript on page 235.
3 Rewrite the sentences using the modal verb in brackets. There is one example.
0 I hope the bride and groom live a long and happy life together. (may)
May the bride and groom live a long and happy life together.
1 Is it necessary for me to remind you that homework makes up 20 per cent of your
overall mark? (need)
2 The presence of the prime minister is probably sufficient to bring about the
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necessary arrangement. (should)
3 There was no need for you to pick me up at the airport. (needn’t)
4 I wish you had told me sooner that you were planning to drop the course! (might)
5 It’s not a good idea for you to respond to an irritating email before you’ve had time to
calm down. (oughtn’t to)
6 What a wonderfully thoughtful gift! I feel so grateful. (shouldn’t) https://english0905.com/private/
4 Go to the Ready for Grammar section on page 212 for further rules, explanations and
practice.
5 S P E A K Work in pairs. Read the rhetorical questions and create a context for each
of them.
Must you stay out so late?
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2 How can you hope to get better if you don’t practise?
Need I remind you that we have a contract?
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4 Ought we not to allocate more money to improving our schools?
6 Work with your partner. Choose one of the contexts you created in Exercise 5 and
write a dialogue which includes at least four modal verbs.
7 S P E A K Join with another pair and roleplay your
dialogue from Exercise 6.
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