UNIT 9GRAMMAR REVIEW (CAN-COULD)

A) Exercise. Choose should or shouldn't.

You   be so selfish.

1. I don't think you   smoke so much. 

2. You   exercise more. 

3. I think you   try to speak to her. 

4. You are overweight. You   go on a diet. 

5. Where   we park our car? 

6. You   never speak to your mother like this. 

7. The kids   spend so much time in front of the TV. 

8.  I tell her the truth or should I say nothing? 

9. I think we   reserve our holiday in advance. 

B) Exercise. Select the words in the correct order to make positives, negatives and questions with should and shouldn't.

1  up smoking. should give I

 

2  tell or her not? I Should

 

3  it take easy. think should I you

 

4  should come? time I What

 

5  shouldn't so much. Jeff work

 

6  think I Anita this job. don't should accept

 

7  umbrellas. should take our We

 

8  you sure do should it? Are we

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9  home. do go should What you is

 

10  to I Do should speak you police? think the

 C) Write the correct modal for the following sentences. Use should, shouldn't, can, can't or couldn't. Sometimes negative forms are used.

It was very dark last night. I   see the man on the road.

1. He's not very strong. He   try to lift the box.

2. She's singing in the shower. I   hear her.

3. We must be home by ten o'clock. Perhaps we   go now.

4. Cigarettes are unhealthy. People   smoke them.

5. Your face is dirty. You   wash it.

6. That book doesn't belong to him. He   take it.

7. Emily's on a diet. She   eat that cake.

8. When I was young I   cook at all.

9. The speed limit is 50 km/hr in the city. You   slow down.

D) Complete the sentences with can / can't /could / couldn't and one of these verbs. (ability)

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1. Laura hurt her leg and can’t walk very well.

2. My grandfather was a very clever man. He _____________________ five languages.

3. I'm afraid they ____________________to your party next week.

4. When Tim was 16, he was a fast runner. He ___________________100 meters in 11 seconds.

5. "Are you in a hurry?" "No, I've got plenty of time”

6. I was feeling sick yesterday. I____________________ anything.

7. Can you speak up a bit? We______________________ you very well.

8. "You look tired." "Yes, I _____________________last night.

E) Select a topic (e.g.: outdoor activities, games, household chores, places to go, etc.) and write a composition using can/can’t and could/couldn’t to talk about what you used or didn’t use to be able to do and what you can or can’t do now.