A. Fill in: can / could / can't / couldn't / be able to
(1)
John: Can you ski?
Dave: Yes, I ---------. I went skiing last year and I-----------go down the learner's slope easily.
John: I--------ski when I was younger but since I hurt my leg I---------.
Dave: Actually, I think ice-skating is much easier. I---------ice-skate when I was five years old.
John: Really? I tried ice-skating once, but I-----stand up at all!
(2)
Dear Mary,
I'm very pleased you -----come and stay at the weekend. I'm sorry I--------- talk to you on the phone yesterday, but I--------leave the baby. I---------get tickets for the theatre on Saturday - I------wait to go. Mum says that when she was young you--------have tickets for £2! You certainly-------now! We ------- fix the car yet but mum says we ------- borrow hers. By the way, the baby ------ say three new words! See you on Friday.
Love,
Anna
(B) Fill in: may / might / could / must / can't
(1)
Dear "Unhappy",
You ------be serious about leaving home! There ------ be some problems with your family but there ------ be another solution. You ------ try talking to a friend or a relative. You------have some aunts or cousins who can help you. You--------find that discussing the problem all together is better. Your parents........really be as angry as you think; they ------be upset but they--------realise why you're so unhappy. I suggest you try talking to them again - you-------surprised.
(2)
Sue: How old do you think Steve is?
Mary: He --------be a bit older than we are, but he certainly --------be more than 25.
Sue: I don't know. He---------be older than you think. He takes very good care of himself, you know. He--------be as old as thirty.
Mary: No, he ------be. I know because he left school just before I did.
Sue: You---------be right, but I'm still not really convinced.
C. Fill in: mustn't, needn't or can't
John, I want you to look after your brother this evening. He ------- go out and he ------- forget to do all his homework. You--------let him watch TV until he's finished it. He---------- watch the film either - it starts very late. He -----------have a bath; he had one in the morning. There's a cake in the cupboard but you ---------eat it all! Leave some for your sister. You --------do the washing up: I'm going to do it tomorrow. You--------make too much noise. We might be quite late home because we ----------leave the party tonight until most of the guests have left. And you --------go to bed without having a wash and brushing your teeth. But you ------wait up for us.
Source: Round-Up 4 by Virginia Evans- Longman Editions
