5 9.6.13.1 Study the examples. Then, rewrite
the sentences using the modals in bold.
He must have left by now. (I'm sure he left.)
They are late. They may/might have lost their way.
(It was possible.)
He can't have eaten the whole cake. (I'm sure he
didn't do it.)
You should have booked a table. (but you didn't.)
1 I'm sure she didn't do the shopping. (CAN'T)
2 I'm sure Mum bought us some doughnuts.
(MUST)
3 They wanted to buy a cake for his birthday
but they didn't. (SHOULD)
4 It was possible that she had left the
invitation at home. (MAY)
5 I'm sure the decorations cost a lot. (MUST)
6 He isn't feeling well; he ate too many
sweets. (SHOULDN'T)
2 The man told Kate not to be afraid of his dog.
3. The woman said that man had spoken to her on the road.
4. She said that we would read that book in the 9th form.
5. The teacher told me that I had not done my work well.
6. He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.
7. Ann asked Mike when he had left London.
8. Boris asked them how he could get to the railway station.
9. Mary asked Tom what time he would come there the following day.
10. She asked me why I hadn’t come there the day before.
11. She wanted to know who had given me that nice kitten.
12. He asked me where he could buy an English-Russian dictionary.
13. He wondered how long it would take my brother to get to Madrid.
14. Did you know where he had gone.
15. He wanted to know where she had bought that hat.
16. I asked Kate if anybody had met her at the station.
17. I asked her if she could give me their address.
18. I asked Tom if he had had breakfast.
19. I asked my sister if she would stay at home or go for a walk after dinner.
20. She asked the young man if he could call a taxi for her.
2 There are new schools in our town.
3 The women are sitting in the rooms.
4 Those boys are good pupils.
5 Are those Englishmen? No, they aren't.
6 Are there flowers in the vase?
7 These hobbies aren't bad.
8 Are these mice? No, they are rats.
9 Are those men doctors? No, they aren't. They are teachers.
10 Put those cups on these tables.
11 Are there dictionaries on the table? Yes, there are.
12 The boys were writing the rules.
13 Are these good teeth?
14 Those children have interesting hobbies.