6.6.1: Practice- Sentence Formation with Present and Future Modals (all types)
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In the following series of activities, make sentences with the modal verbs at the top of each exercise
A: Can or cannot
1. I --------------- eat 10 hamburgers.
2. My mother --------------- cook better than I can.
3. Women -------------- usually clean the house better than men can.
4. I --------------- learn English.
5. With an education, people -------------- earn more money than without an education.
6. Most people in this classroom -------------- speak Chinese.
7. Because we come to class, we --------------- sleep late in the morning.
8. My mother --------------- speak English.
9. My father --------------- drive a car.
10. My teacher -------------- teach Math.
B: Should or Should Not
1. Students --------------- come to class every day and on time.
2. People --------------- drink alcohol and drive their cars.
3. Everyone --------------- eat healthy food.
4. No one --------------- eat junk food every day.
5. Children -------------- obey their parents and grandparents.
6. Students -------------- skip lines in my class when doing homework.
7. Old people -------------- be careful when walking on snow and ice.
8. Smoking is bad for the health, so people -------------- smoke.
9. No one --------------- play with guns and matches.
10. Everyone --------------- be careful with guns and fire.
C: Can or Could
1. I --------------- play with my friends when I was a young child.
2. Some rich people -------------- spend a lot of money and not worry about it.
3. My friends and I --------------- spend a lot of time doing nothing a long time ago.
4. Young boys --------------- make a lot of noise.
5. My mother -------------- cook good Italian food when she was alive.
6. When I was a boy, I --------------- help my grandparents around their house.
7. Every year your teacher -------------- make a very nice garden.
8. Everyone wishes that they --------------- do some things differently in their lives.
9. Both of my sons -------------- play the piano.
10. When my sons were young, they --------------- get into places free.
D: Must and Either Have To or Has To (First with “must,” then ‘have to” or “has to.”)
1. Children ----------- go to school, and they -------------------- study.
2. Today I --------------- go to the market because I ------------------ buy some groceries.
3. My son --------------- practice his piano because he ------------------- play at a wedding next week.
4. Mothers --------------- take care of their children, and they ------------------- cook food for them.
5. My sister -------------- take her husband to the doctor’s office, and then she ------------------ wait for him.
6. I ------------- write my homework assignments and then my students ------------------- do them.
7. I have a problem with my car, so I -------------- take it to a mechanic. He will ------------------- fix whatever is broken.
8. My student --------------- get a haircut, and her hairdresser ------------------ cut it for her.
9. My sister and niece -------------- prepare dinner for a party. Before they cook the food, they
--------------go shopping.
10. Every day I --------------- assign homework to my students and then I --------------- correct the homework assignments.
11. My son --------------- (help out) around the house. For example, he --------------- (mow) the lawn and take the dog for walks.
E: Had Better in the Negative (Put NOT after "had better" to make the negative. They are either the present tense or the future tense; THEY ARE NOT THE PAST TENSE.)
Change these sentences to the negative, please. Write out the complete sentence. Don’t just write in the word not.
1. You had better continue taking that medicine.
2. You had better come to the picnic.
3. You had better drink coffee before you go to work.
4. We had better take the freeway to get to the college.
5. Sherry had better call her ex-boyfriend.
F: Shouldn't, Don't Have to or Must not
1. Airline passengers _______________ carry a paper boarding pass. They can save their boarding pass in their cell phone.
2. Airline passengers ___________________ put their prescription medicines in their checked baggage. If the bags get lost, they will not have their medicine.
3. Airline passengers _________________ check their carry-on bags. They can store them in the overhead bins.
4. Airline passengers ___________________ smoke in the airplane.
5. Parents __________________ leave young children alone at home.
6. The students _________________ come to campus on Sunday.
7. Children _________________ disobey their parents.
8. Students ____________________ wait until the night before a test to study.
9. You __________________ wear a suit or dress to attend classes.
10. Shoppers ____________________ go to a store to buy everything. Most things are available to buy online.
Answer the following questions about yourself.
1. What should you do before you take an examination?
2. What should you do every night?
3. What time will you go to bed this evening?
4. What have you got to do before you come back to this class ?
5. How many languages can you speak?
6. What do you have to do before you next Monday?
7. Who could you play with when you were a child?
8. How old will you be on your next birthday?