Choose one word that you cannot use to complete each sentence

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Cross out the word or phrase that you cannot use with the words in bold.

1 get the sack/skills/a pay rise

2 beat/support/enter the other team

3 win a match/a race/a goal 4 make sense/goals/decisions

5 state/optional/compulsory subjects

6 get your best/injured/fit

7 pass/revise/fail an exam

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2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.

1 Private schools in England are very expensive.
2 John’s really passionate ______football.

He wants to be a professional footballer.
3 I have no idea how to play cricket — the

______ are too complicated for me.

4 Gina’s studying to be a doctor but she hasn’t

chosen the area of medicine she wants to ______ in yet.

5 I think she earns quite a high _______in

her new job.

6.I _______playing chess a bit boring.

7 My uncle has a successful _______ as an actor, writer and director in theatre and television.

Learn about using can and could.

Practice 1: can, could and be able to

Choose one word to complete each sentence (note: contractions such as «couldn’t» count as one word).

1. I’m right-handed. I write with my left hand.
2. Spiderman climb up walls.
3. you usually remember your dreams?
4. People used to think that witches able to do magic.
5. When I was young I eat anything I liked, I never got fat.
6. you able to come to the pub tonight?
7. I think my computer’s broken. I’m not to send any emails.
8. I’m able start work tomorrow.
9. How long have you able to speak English?

Practice 2: past, present or something else?

Choose the best expression to complete these sentences.

1. I  swim since I was 11.
2. I’m an interpreter. I  speak 7 different languages.
3. I  drive very well. I failed my test again today.
4. One day I  run a marathon, but I need to practise first.
5. I would love to  see the future.
6. I live in Florida. I love  go to the beach every day.

Practice 3: general ability or specific occasion?

Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. If both answers are possible, choose both! Read the grammar rules again here if you can’t remember them!

1. I  find a birthday present for my mum this year.
2. The ambulance arrived quickly and they  save everyone.
3. It was really noisy, so I  sleep last night.
4. I  type 40 words a minute when I was a student.
5. I crashed my car, but the mechanic  fix it.
6. Some dinosaurs  walk on two legs.
7. Although I woke up 40 minutes late, I  get to work on time.

I. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
1. There’s someone at the door. It can / must be the postman.
2. Don’t worry, you don’t have to / mustn’t pay now.
3. It was 5 o’clock an hour ago. Your watch can’t / mustn’t be right.
4. In my opinion, the government might / should do something about this.
5. I suppose that our team must / should win, but I’m not sure.

II. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains some of these modal verbs: can, could, must, have to or should (including negative forms):

1. I’m sure that Helen feels really lonely.
2. You’re not allowed to park here.
3. It would be a good idea if Harry took a holiday.
4. Do I need a different driving licence for a motorbike?
5. Mary knows how to stand on her head.

III. Complete each sentence so that it contains might, might not, must, mustn’t, can’t or can. More than one answer may be possible.
1. I   ______ forget to phone Julie tonight.
2. Sue says she’s stuck in traffic and she ________ be late.
3. Tell Peter he _____ stay the night here if he wants to.
4. Me learn to fly! You ______ be joking!
5. Don’t be silly. You ___________ expect me to believe you!
6. Tim ___________ have got your letter as he doesn’t know your address.