

What’s the matter? (to cry) 18) Why is Ann absent? (to be interviewed) 19) He looks sick and tired. Express supposition implying uncertainty. 15) Is Jack in his office? – I’m not sure. 14) Why didn’t Tom answer the doorbell? – I’m sure he was in the house at the time. 12) What sort of car are you going to buy? – I’m not sure yet but I. 11) Where are you going for your holidays? – I haven’t finally decided but I. Complete these sentences with modal verbs to express possibility or uncertainty. 10) Where is Silvia hiding? – I’m looking for her everywhere! Unit 3 3. 9) I doubt that he has been cured of pneumonia so quickly. 8) It’s impossible that she is keeping to a milk diet. 7) It’s hardly possible that he feels more dead than alive. 6) I doubt that she was making notes of what he said. 5) It’s hardly possible that he was puzzled by such a simple question.

Rewrite the following sentences so that each sentence contains the modal verb can. 4) When he arrived in Africa, no one tell Stanley if Livingstone was alive or dead, but after a long journey, we find him. 3) We not afford to pay for our journey across Africa, but we make it in the end because the bicycle firm lend us the money. 2) His writing was so bad that I not read his letter at first, but with an effort I make out what he said. 1) I read when I was four years old, but I not write very well. Correct any errors inserting either can/could or to be able to where necessary. Chapter 7 MODAL VERBS ENTRY TEST Unit 2 1.
