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Modal verbs

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You _________ texts while you're driving. (send)

You mustn't send texts while you're driving

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When I was small, we _________ everywhere because we didn't have a car or a bike. (walk)

When I was small, we had to walk everywhere because we didn't have a car or a bike.

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You _________ with a red pen in the exam yesterday because the teacher gets annoyed. (Write)

You shouldn't have written with a red pen in the exam yesterday because the teacher gets annoyed.

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You __________ early this morning because it's Sunday. Why did you do it? (get up)

You needn't have goy up early this morning because it's Sunday. Why did you do it?

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My dad _________ jeans at school. They had a special rule against it. (wear)

My dad wasn't allowed to wear jeans at school. They had a special rule against it.

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If you really want to buy a car next year, I think you ___________ a job and start saving. (find)

If you really want to buy a car next year, I think you should find a job and start saving.

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It would have been better if I’d told you the truth. I ____________________________ the truth. (HAVE)

I should have told you the truth

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He said we mustn’t go without him. He said we _________________ without him. (TO)

He said we aren’t allowed to go without him

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We must buy tickets from the driver. We ______________ tickets from the driver. (GOT)

We have got to buy tickets from the driver

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It was a bad idea for us to drive in the snow. We _________________ in the snow. (HAVE)

We shouldn’t have driven in the snow

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It was stupid of me to worry about the exam. I _______________________ the exam. (NEEDN’T)

I needn’t have worried about the exam

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I’m annoyed you went to the party without me. You ____________ without me. (GONE)

You shouldn’t have gone to the party without me

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It would have been better for them to get a taxi. They _______________ a taxi. (OUGHT)

They ought to have got a taxi

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‘David speaks excellent Spanish. Is he from Spain?’ ‘David? His parents are from London, so he ____ be Spanish!’

can't

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‘Have you found Sarah yet?’ ‘She ____ be in her bedroom, I’ve looked everywhere else.’

must

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‘Is the dog in the garden?’ ‘I’m not sure, it ________ be in the garden, or perhaps it’s in the living room.’

might/could

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