1 Complete the following sentences with a suitable modal of ability a) The question is whether democracy can survive in such difficult conditions b) Fifty years ago a new house could be bought for £1,[.]
1 Complete the following sentences with a suitable modal of ability a) The question is whether democracy can _ survive in such difficult conditions b) Fifty years ago a new house could _be bought for £1,500 c) Students can _ be expected to write more than one long essay a week d) The mistakes of past historians can _ now be clearly seen e) Jenkins (1976) argued that aluminium could _ be used in place of steel Complete the following with a suitable modal of certainty a) It could not be surprising if the company were bought by a rival b) Various social situations can lead to a child’s loss of confidence c) Other studies confirm that a permanent shift in transport use can occur d) By 2020 most children could _ have internet access by the age of e) If the pressure is lowered, the reaction could take place more quickly f) In the long term, solar power can make a significant contribution g) Many seventeenth-century farmers may not write their names Use a suitable modal of obligation to complete the following a) Students studying abroad have to _ take some of their favourite music with them b) All books have to be returned to the main library by June 19th c) First-year undergraduates have to take at least three modules from the list below d) The second part of the essay should focus on the differences in the results In the following sentences, the meaning changes according to the modal verb used Find two possibilities, giving the meanings in each case Example: Using the internet means the company can sell its products worldwide (ability) Using the internet means the company might sell its products worldwide (possibility) a) The poorest people can _ be helped by improving the supply of water (ability _) The poorest people might be helped by improving the supply of water (possibility _) b) Tribal leaders of the first century BC could have used writing (ability ) Tribal leaders of the first century BC might _ have used writing (possibility _) c) Few people can _ agree to take part in the experiment (ability ) Few people should agree to take part in the experiment (recommendation ) d) Care must _ always be taken when interpreting nineteenth-century data (obligation _) Care should _always be taken when interpreting nineteenth-century data ( recommendation _) e) By the mid-twenty-first century poverty could be abolished (ability ) By the mid-twenty-first century poverty must been abolished (obligation ) f) Repeating the study can _ confirm their findings (ability ) Repeating the study may _ confirm their findings (posibility )