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Rephrase the sentences using modal verbs

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I ADVISE YOU TO rewrite your essay.

You SHOULD / OUGHT TO rewrite your essay.

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It IS NECESSARY FOR YOU TO be on time.

You NEED TO be on time.

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She MANAGED TO save enough money to buy a new car.

She WAS ABLE TO save enough money to buy a new car.

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You ARE NOT ALLOWED TO use the pool after dark.

You CAN´T / MUSTN´T use the pool after dark.

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I ADVISE YOU NOT TO talk to your parents like that.

You SHOULDN´T / OUGHT NOT TO talk to your parents like that.

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It IS FORBIDDEN TO park outside the hospital.

You CAN´T /MUSTN´T park outside the hospital.

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It WAS FORBIDDEN TO wear informal clothes in the restaurant

We WEREN´T ALLOWED TO / WEREN´T PERMITTED TO / COULDN´T wear informal clothes in the restaurant.

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It WASN´T NECESSARY FOR Toby TO read all the books for the exam.

Toby DIDN´T NEED TO / DIDN´T HAVE TO read all the books for the exam.

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It ISN´T NECESSARY FOR US TO work on Saturdays.

We NEEDN´T / DON´T NEED TO / DON´T HAVE TO work on Saturdays.

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He IS OBLIGED TO wear a uniform at work.

He HAS TO wear a uniform at work.

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It WASN´T NECESSARY FOR mum TO do the shopping last night but she did.

Mum NEEDN´T HAVE DONE the shopping last night.

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I HAD THE ABILITY TO smell something burning.

I COULD smell something burning.

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Sarah is a secretary. She HAS the ABILITY TO type very quickly.

Sarah is a secretary; she CAN / IS ABLE TO type very quickly.

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She COULDN´T pass her driving test.

She WASN´T ABLE TO pass her driving test.

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John and Ana WERE ABLE TO speak five languages when they were seven.

John and Ana COULD speak five languages when they were seven.

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The children WERE OBLIGED TO answer the exam questions in ink.

The children HAD TO answer the exam questions in ink.

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