Модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты
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МОДАЛЬНЫЕ ГЛАГОЛЫ И ИХ ЭКВИВАЛЕНТЫ

Упражнение 1. Вставьте подходящий по смыслу модальный глагол или его эквивалент:

Foreign students in Britain (1) ________ usually stay with family or they (2) _______ be able to find a cheap hotel if they’d (3) ________ be on their own. Those who (4) _______ to improve their English very quickly normally stay with a family. Students who come to Britain for more than three months (5) _______ register with the police. If you stay for less than three months, you (6) ________ register at the police station. All foreign students (7) ________ to register with a doctor although it is not compulsory. You (8) ________ need medical help during your stay. If you fall ill, you (9) _________ go directly to a hospital unless it is a serious emergency. Phone your doctor first.

Упражнение 2. Вставьте подходящий по смыслу модальный глагол или его эквивалент:

1. In my country you ____________ get married when you are 16.
2. Women ___________ vote in England until 1922.
3. Last night I __________ get into my house because I had forgotten my key.
4. I phoned the Gas Board because I thought I ___________ smell gas, which is very dangerous.
5. “Hello. Is that the dentist? ___________ I make an appointment to see you, please?
6. I’m learning car mechanics because I want ___________ to service my own car. It costs a fortune if you send it to the garage.
7. Many night animals ______________ see very well, but they have a highly developed sense of smell.
8. If you __________ do this exercise, you’re very clever!

Упражнение 3. Вставьте подходящий по смыслу модальный глагол или его эквивалент:

1. A. What time _________ we ____________ leave for the airport?

2. It’s only a thirty-minutes drive,  so we _______ go until about 3.30. I __________ do my packing I haven’t start yet!

2. I have an interview for a job next week, but before the interview I _______ have a  

     medical examination.

3. How did you damage your bike? You ______ learn to look after your toys. When I was your age, I ____________ clean my bike every night.

3. There’s a new Indian restaurant just opened that you should go to. It’s wonderful! You ____________ book, though, because it’s so popular already.
4. I’m sure she didn’t mean to upset you. You _______ take things so personally.
5. I hate __________ get up on cold, winter mornings.
6. I hate _________ tell you this, but you’ve just got a parking ticket.
7. I have perfect teeth. I ____________ never __________ have a single filling.
8. I think I’ve put on weight. I ___________ watch what I eat in future.
9. I don’t think a career in the army would suit me. I ______ wear a uniform, for a start.
10. You _____________ worry about me. I can look after myself.
11. The doctor said I’ve got conjunctivitis. I ______ put drops in my eye three times a day.
12. What a wonderful meal that was! You _____________ gone to so much trouble!

3. I got something for my cough from the chemists’s, so I ______ go to the doctor’s.

13. I was very concerned about how my daughter would find going to her new school, but I ____________ worried, because she loved every minute.
14. You _________ take out travel insurance, but it’s a good idea, just to be on the safe side.