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Grammar Work in pairs. Look atthe three pictures. Use
may, might, must, could and can’tto say ...
Modal verbs to express certainty and possibility
• what you think has happened or is happeningin
each picture.
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Modal verbs to expressing certainty and possibility • how the people are feeling and why.

Read these extracts from Listening Part 1and look at the
underlined modal verbs. Then answer the questions.
• Well, like you,my parents made me do ballet when I
was younger.I hated it and fell over in the middle of a
performance.It might have started after that.
• Ihad difficultly staying awake, to be honest - it can’t have
been more than two minutes before I started dropping off!
• Evidence suggests that athletes who come second in a final
often find it difficult to stop thinkingabout other times when
they have lost,which could result in a loss of both confidence
and the desire to win.
• I do feel a bit of sympathy for him sometimes. He must have
had a really unhappy childhood.

1 Which of the underlined verbs do we use
a when we are certain something is true?
b when we are certain something is not true?
c when we think something is possibly true? Which other
verb can also be used for this meaning?

2 Which of the underlined verbs refer (s ) to
a the present? b the past?
o Exam candidates often make mistakes with modal verbs. PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com

Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences. One of the
&
sentences is correct.
1 I thought the school play was lovely.You may have really
enjoyed acting in it!
2 He’s had a really good sleep,so he mustn’t be tired any more.
3 The road is very busy, so cross it carefully or you can have an
accident.
4 She lives in a really nice house, so her mum and dad can be
earning a lot of money.
5 I have a lot of homework to do, so I may go to bed late.

Complete the sentences with a modal verb and the correct
form of the verb in brackets. In some cases, more than one
answer may be possible.
1 Everyone in the class (work) incredibly hard
because you have all passed the exam!
2 I think she (be) a really happy person
because she’s always smiling and laughing.
3 Jamie woke up in the night screaming. He
(have) a nightmare.
4 I don ’ t know why Irina hasn ’ t arrived yet. She
(have to) stay on late at school, or she
(stop) on the way home to see some friends.
5 I don ’ t know how old the teacher is,but he looks quite young,
so he (be) more than 25. Have you ever experienced any of the situations
6 They say it (rain) at the weekend,so maybe in the photos? What happened and how did you
we should cancel the football match on Saturday. feel?