1. The document provides exercises to practice modals of ability, possibility, obligation, and permission in different grammatical contexts. 2. It includes gap fills, dialogues, and sentences to complete using modals like can, could, must, have to, should, and may. 3. The passages cover topics like skills people had in the past, family problems, home repairs, traffic rules, and personal abilities.

1. EXTRA PRACTICE UNIT 5 4th YEAR ESO
D. Use MAY, MIGHT, COULD, MUST or CAN'T to complete the letter.
(POSSIBILITY)
Dear “Unhappy”,
A. Fill in the gaps using CAN or COULD in the affirmative or negative form. You .................................. be serious about leaving home! There
(ABILITY) .................................. be some problems with your family, but
1. People ....................... walk on the moon a hundred years ago. there ..................................be another solution. You ..................................
2. Women .......................... be pilots nowadays. try talking to a friend or a relative. You .................................. have some aunts
3. In the 1800's people ....................... send emails. or cousins who can help . You ..................................find that discussing the
4. Astronauts .................... fly to the sun. problem altogether is better. Your parents .................................. really be as
5. Thousands of years ago people .......................... write. angry as you think: they .................................. be upset but they
6. We ……………………….. surf the internet with our phones nowadays. ................................. realise why you're so unhappy. I suggest you try talking
to them again –you .................................. be surprised.
B. Use CAN, COULD or BE ABLE TO in the correct form to complete the
dialogue below. E. Fill in using SHOULD, OUGHT TO or HAD BETTER.
John: .................... you ski? Jill: You .............................. ask someone to paint the house this year.
Dave: Yes, I .............. . I went skiing last year and I ...................... go down Laura: Yes, it's beginning to look a bit dirty. I can't really afford it, though. Do you
the learner's slope easily then. I think I ........................ go down the advanced’s think I .................................. try to get a loan?
slope this year. Jill: No, you .................................. not. You might have a problem paying back.
John: I ........................ ski when I was younger, but since I hurt my let Laura: I .................................. do something about the roof as well. It leaks
I ................................ to ski again. when it rains hard.
Dave: Actually, I think ice-skating is much easier. I ........................ ice-skate Jill: Really? You .................................. take care of it now or the ceiling will fall
when I was five years old. in.
John: Really? I tried ice-skating once, but I ............................ stand up at all! Laura: Yes, you're right. I .................................. ring someone today and ask
them to look at it.
C. Use MUST and HAVE TO in the correct form to complete the sentences
below. (OBLIGATION/LACK OF OBLIGATION) F. Fill in with a suitable MODAL VERB in the affirmative or in the negative.
1. We .......................................... go on the trip, but I want to go. Make the sentences TRUE FOR YOU.
2. The police officer .................................. direct the traffic yesterday 1. My mum .................................. speak English.
because the traffic lights didn't work. 2. I .................................. be late for school.
3. You ....................................... lie to people. 3. My friend .................................. visit me tonight.
4. Rose ................................. buy a ticket because her father owns the theatre. 4. My father .................................. bake a cake today.
5. In the future, people ...................................... do housework because robots 5. I .................................. go on holiday with my friend.
will do it for them. 6. I .................................. ride a horse.
6. Drivers ................................. stop at the red light. 7. I .................................. read more books.
7. When I was three, I ........................................... do my homework. 8. I .................................. read when I was two.