round-up 14 1 Completa con can, can t, could, couldn t. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. 2 Modal verbs In my first year as a teacher, I almost lost my self-confidence because I teach anything. Mary tried to persuade her friend but she make her change her mind. I use your mobile to call home, mine has stopped working all of a sudden. Ben says he speak four languages but he communicate with the tourists yesterday as he was a bit nervous. Adam and his mother open the door because it was locked. He be her father, he is too young, he be her older brother. I talk to John because his phone was switched off. Mike was the only one who understand me, but now he . . No matter how hard I try, I run as fast as Susan. The teams choose their opponents. That will be decided by the jury. Granny swim very well when she was younger and she still . Completa con il verbo modale adeguato, scegliendo tra quelli dati. can could have to might must should a. Azira s flight from Morocco took more than 11 hours. She be exhausted after such a long flight. She prefer to stay in tonight and get some rest. b. If you want to get a better feeling for how Raniganj is laid out, you walk down town and explore the riverside. c. You research the route a little more before you set sail. d. When you have a small child in the house, you leave small objects lying around. e. A: you hold your breath for more than a minute? B: No, I can t. f. Your sister s engagement ring is enormous! It have cost a fortune. g. Please make sure to feed the fish while I am gone. If they don t get enough food, they die. h. I speak French fluently when I was a child. i. The teacher said we read the book if we needed extra credit. j. The glasses be in this cupboard but they aren t here. 3 Scegli la forma corretta tra quelle proposte. 1. . speak a foreign language is always useful when you go abroad. a. Be able to b. Being able to c. Can d. I can 2. I . touch my toes since I started drinking beer. a. can t b. am not able to c. couldn t d. haven t been able to 3. You must . swim if you want to come on the boating holiday with us. a. can b. be able to c. to be able to d. will be able to 4. There was a fire in his office but he . escape through a window. a. can b. could c. could to d. was able to 5. My grandfather was an excellent athlete. He . run a mile in just over four minutes. a. can b. could c. couldn t d. was able to 6. The doctor says he will never . play tennis again after his accident. a. can b. could c. be able to d. to be able to 7. After his car crashed he was so confused that he . tell the police who he was or where he was going. a. could b. couldn t c. didn t could d. wasn t able to 8. I live alone because I like . come and go as I please. a. I can b. to can c. being able d. to be able to 324