Answer Key to the modal verbs revision photocopy

A
a)

1. don't have to 
2. must
3. didn't have to
4. Do you have to 
5. had to 
6. Did you have to
7. shouldn't 
8. mustn't

b)

1. shouldn't go
2. they have to
3. don't have to
4. should speak
5. mustn't go 

B

1 -   I
2 -  G
3 -  A
4-   D
5-    J
6 -   C
7 -   F
8 -   E
9 -   B
10 - H

Grammar revision

Can you tell the difference between the following pair of sentences?
Think about it and if you are not clear about any of them, ask me in the next revision class.

• He must be a good musician. 
• He must have been a good musician.

• He might not have existed.
• He can't have existed.

• You must have seen the film about King Arthur.
• You should have seen the film about King Arthur.

• You don't have to do it.
• You musn't do it.  

• I have lived in Barcelona for 10 years. 
• I lived in Barcelona for 10 years. 

• When Desi got home, her parents went to bed.
• When Desi got home, her parents had gone to bed.

• I'm going to paint my room.
• I'm going to have my room painted. 

• I wish I knew that.
• I wish I had known that. 

More grammar practice exercises online

Reported Speech practice:

1. Statements.
2. Statements with expressions of time.

1. Questions. 
2. Questions with expressions of time.

1. Commands. Affirmative.
2. Commands. Negative.

1. SAY, TELL, ASK

Modal verbs practice:

1. Modal verbs: CAN / COULD / HAVE TO / MUST /MIGHT / SHOULD
2. Ability: CAN/ COULD / BEEN ABLE TO
3. Probability / Certainty: CAN'T / MUST / COULD / MAY / MIGHT
4. Mixed use: CAN / COULD / MAY / MIGHT.
5. DON’T HAVE TO / MUSTN’T
6. Modal Perfect: WOULD / SHOULD / MIGHT + have + Past Participle
7. Modal Perfect: MUST / SHOULD / SHOULDN’T / COULD + have + Past Participle

Related posts: Grammar exercises online (2nd term)

Modal verbs (meaning + structure)

Below I have embeded a couple of power point presentations:

• The first one explains very clearly the different meanings of modal verbs in the present. 
• The second one is about perfect modal verbs / modal verbs in the past. 

(Thank you to the author, this time a teacher from Málaga, concettadalterio)  

Modal verbs  Modal verbs in the past