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Complete Advanced unit 4

Modals expressing possibility, probability and certainty

Complete Advanced unit 4

Modals expressing possibility, probability and certainty

possibility: 

may/might/could + infinitive

probability: 

should(n't) + infinitive

certainty: 

must/can't/couldn't + infinitive

Last week we discussed modals expressing: 

Today's homework was to study Complete Advanced unit 4 read language reference p. 169

and do ex. 3 & 4 p. 46.

In case you would like to have more explanation,  watch the next video and complete the sentences. 

If you do not need any explanation, start completing the sentences right away.

1. It ..... snow excessively in the Swiss Alps in winter

1. may
2. might
3. can
4. must

2. You ..... find your little siblings very irritating when they start sobbing.

1. can
2. may
3. should
4. can't

3. The seeds of this plant ..... grow up to 80 centimetres in length.

1. can
2. could
3. may
4. must

4. When you choose a fairy tale for a young child to read, it ..... contain language which is too difficult to read

1. mustn't
2. couldn't
3. shouldn't
4. may not

5. We are looking for students who ..... be able to contribute to the schoolpaper.

1. should
2. might
3. must
4. can

6. If a magazine offers a present, it ..... encourage readers to subscribe to this magazine

1. must
2. should
3. might
4. can

7. According to this map the swimming pool ..... have been right here, but there is only a playground there.

1. must
2. could
3. might
4. should

8. I ...... finish my school research paper this week, but I also have an English test for which I still have to learn a lot.

1. might
2. could
3. may
4. mustn't

9. If you tell your Mum you had a serious accident she ...... be upset.

1. is bound to
2. could conceivably
3. couldn't
4. shouldn't

10. My sister studies in Edinburgh this semester, so you ........ have seen her here in Rotterdam yesterday.

1. can't
2. may not
3. might not
4. couldn't

11. It is ...... that my father, who dislikes a tropical climate, will be buy a holiday home in Florida.

1. highly likely
2. highly unlikely
3. possible
4. probable

12. There is a ..... possibility that the lockdown will last even longer.

1. high
2. great
3. strong
4. big

13. There is ..... likelihood of him passing his final exams.

1. a little
2. some
3. strong
4. possibly

14. It is long past eight and Isabella hasn't arrived yet, so there ...... be something wrong as she is always in time.

1. may
2. might
3. must
4. can

15. My friend wasn't in when I rang him Sunday afternoon - he ...... a football match.

1. may have visited
2. may have been visiting
3. must visit
4. may visit

This exercise was .....

too easy

easy

difficult

too difficult