Question

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate modal verb. 1. He has insulted our family and he …suffer for it! 2. You … not have gone out without an umbrella in such rainy weather. 3. I’m afraid I …have sounded a bit unfriendly over the phone. 4. “I …to have told Soames, ”he thought, “that I think him comic.” 5. Here she …sit, sewing and knitting, while he worked at the table. 6. Why …you be different from other people? 7. “Good morning,” said the girl. “I believe you …be Bill. Have I suggested right?” 8. If you … read without spectacles, and I believe you …, be so good, as to read this letter for me. 9. Captain Steerforth, …I speak to you for a moment? 10. Joy felt she …not stand much more of this discussion. She said she …go on with her work and began to rise. 11. Why … one make trouble for oneself when one is old? 12. …you do me a favor and meet her at the station? 13. He was not old, he …not have been more than forty. 14. The day we …to start it rained worse than ever. 15. You …not hurry. There is plenty of time.

Answer 1

1. He has insulted our family and he will suffer for it!

2. You should not have gone out without an umbrella in such rainy weather.

3. I’m afraid I may have sounded a bit unfriendly over the phone.

4. “I ought to have told Soames,” he thought, “that I think him comic.”

5. Here she would sіt, sewing and knitting, while he worked at the table.

6. Why should you be different from other people?

7. “Good morning,” said the girl. “I believe you **must** be Bill. Have I suggested right?”

8. If you can read without spectacles, and I believe you can, be so good as to read this letter for me.

9. Captain Steerforth, may I speak to you for a moment?

10. Joy felt she could not stand much more of this discussion. She said she would go on with her work and began to rise.

11. Why should one make trouble for oneself when one is old?

12. Could you do me a favor and meet her at the station?

13. He was not old, he could not have been more than forty.

14. The day we were to start it rained worse than ever.

15. You need not hurry. There is plenty of time.