Modals for permission, ability and obligation | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

Complete the sentence with an appropriate verb in the correct form

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You _______ smoke in the school premises.

MUSTN'T / CAN'T

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He ______ go into the restaurant because he was wearing swimming trunks and flip-flops

WASN'T ALLOWED TO / COULDN'T

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I'm sorry but I ______ do my homework because I was sick.

COULDN'T / WASN'T ABLE TO

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Will you ____ be there in 10 minutes with all this traffic?

BE ABLE TO

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I ______ read the instructions 3 times - they were so difficult to understand!!!

HAD TO

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I would like to ____ play the piano, but I've heard it's very difficult

BE ABLE TO

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You ____ make an omelette without breaking some eggs

CAN'T

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We _____ use calculators in the exam - it's against the rules.

CAN'T / ARE NOT ALLOWED TO / MUSTN'T

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(you) ____ show your ID at the door when you came in?

DID YOU HAVE TO

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I ___ choose my speaking partner - the teacher decided for me.

COULDN'T / WASN'T ALLOWED TO

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They haven't _____ discover a vaccine for the virus yet.

BEEN ABLE TO

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I thought she ____ speak very good English, but I was wrong - she even sounds British!!!

COULDN'T

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Mozart _____ play the piano at the age of 3

COULD

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If you spoke English 50 years ago, you ____ get a job very easily.

COULD

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She _____ wait in line. She's got a V.I.P. pass.

DOESN'T HAVE TO

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(You) ____ wear uniform at work? is it obligatory?

DO YOU HAVE TO

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