нужно вставитьMay / Might; Can't / Must.
Fill in the gaps with May / Might; Can't / Must.
1) Where's Sally? - She
2) My mother might be at work now. I
3) It is windy and rainy. The water in the river
4) Jake
5) She hasn't called me yet. She
6) He
be at the supermarket.
see her car near the house.
be cold.
be still at his office. He has got some urgent work here.
still be busy.
go on a boat trip across the Mediterranean Sea. He wasn't planned it
yet.
7) They were not sure about their plans for the weekend yesterday. They
go to
the country.
8) She has promised me and
9) The taxi
10) They
pay for the ticket
be stuck in traffic jam at this hour.
be travelling at the moment. They havenI told us anything.
Explanation: We don't know for sure where Sally is, so we use the modal verb "may" to express possibility. It is possible that she is at the supermarket.
2) My mother might be at work now.
Explanation: We use "might" to express possibility. It is possible that my mother is at work at the moment.
3) It is windy and rainy. The water in the river must be cold.
Explanation: We use "must" to express a strong logical inference or deduction. Based on the fact that it is windy and rainy, we can logically infer that the water in the river is cold.
4) Jake can't still be at his office. He has got some urgent work here.
Explanation: We use "can't" to express strong certainty or to indicate that something is not possible. In this case, it is not possible that Jake is still at his office because he has urgent work elsewhere.
5) She may still be busy.
Explanation: We use "may" to express possibility. It is possible that she is still busy.
6) He might go on a boat trip across the Mediterranean Sea. He hasn't planned it yet.
Explanation: We use "might" to express a possibility. It is possible that he will go on a boat trip across the Mediterranean Sea, but he hasn't planned it yet.
7) They may go to the country.
Explanation: We use "may" to express a possibility. It is possible that they will go to the country.
8) She has promised me and must pay for the ticket.
Explanation: We use "must" to express a strong logical inference or deduction. Based on the fact that she has promised and the ticket needs to be paid for, we can logically infer that she must pay for the ticket.
9) The taxi might be stuck in a traffic jam at this hour.
Explanation: We use "might" to express a possibility. It is possible that the taxi is stuck in a traffic jam at this hour.
10) They can't be travelling at the moment. They haven't told us anything.
Explanation: We use "can't" to express strong certainty or to indicate that something is not possible. In this case, it is not possible that they are traveling because they haven't informed us about it.