Complete the following sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
1. Anybody who wants can / may join the club.
2. ‘I need to talk to you. I can / may see you tomorrow.’ ‘OK, any time.’
3. Can / May gases freeze?
4. ‘I think PSOE are going to win.’ You may / can be right.’
5. It was a place where anything can / could happen.
6. It could / might be quite frightening when we were alone in our big old house.
7. ‘What shall we do?’ ‘We may / can try asking Lucy for help.’
8. One can / might travel to Holland by boat or by air.
9. I can / might be given a new job soon.
10. Scotland can / may be very warm in September.
11. ‘There’s the doorbell. Who can / may it be?’ ‘Well, it can’t / couldn’t be your mother. She’s
in Edinburgh.’ ‘It could / may / can / might be Sarah. It’s about tea time.’
12. There can / may be a strike next week. (I think so.)
13. Strikes can / may happen at any time.
14. There may / could be a strike next week. (I don’t think so)
15. I may / might go to London tomorrow. (perhaps a 50% chance.)
16. Joe may /might come with me, although I doubt it.
17. I can / might read Italian quite well.
18. She might / could read when she was four.
19. I may / might not be true. (= It is possible that it is not true / It is not possible that is
true.)
20. It can’t be true. (= It is possible that it is not true / It is not possible that is true.)