20 - ] Grammar Practice Exercises
Upper Intermediate
Modal Auxiliaries [ Verbs ] , Modals
Offers , Requests , Permission , Suggestions
Can , Could / May , Might / Would / Must / Shall / Would You
Mind
Write
what to say using can , could , may ,might,shall , must , would ,would you
like , would you mind . There may be several possible answers .
Examples
1
. Offer to open the door for a stranger .
Shall
I open the door for you ?
2
.Ask someone to answer the phone for you .
Would
you answer the phone for me , please ?
3
. Invite a friend to go for a swim this morning .
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4
. Offer to make someone a sandwich .
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5.
Request an appointment to see your bank manager .
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6
. Give someone permission to use your phone .
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7
. Suggest going for a picnic this afternoon .
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8
. Ask someone to wait here for you .
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9.
Give your son permission to go out but tell him to be back before dark .
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10
. You are in a train . Ask another passenger if you can open the window .
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11
. You a re the teacher . Give your students permission to work outside today
but tell them not to talk too much .
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12
. Offer to answer the phone .
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13
. Ask a friend for a pen .
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Habit
Would and Used
to
When we use would to talk about a past habit ,it
is necessary to use a past time reference . Used to can be used with or
without a past time reference .
Examples
Before I got this job , I used to / would go out a lot
.
I used to go out a lot . [ Not / I would go out a lot ]
Complete the sentences with would or used to .
Where either form is possible , write them both . Where there is a word in
brackets , put it in the correct position .
Examples
1 . I used to have lots of free time before I
started working here .
2 . In the long summer holidays , we used to / would
go out somewhere with a picnic everyday .
3 . When I was a newly-trained teacher , I
-----------------work till late every night preparing lessons .
4 . They-----------------be happy together but they’re
not now .
5 . When they came to Cairo , they
-------------------(never) travel anywhere on the tube .
6 . When I had a car , I ----------------------drive
everywhere , but now I’m much fitter because I always walk or cycle .
7 . During my last year at university , I
--------------------go to the library to start work at 9 o’clock every morning
.
8 . When we shared a flat together , we
--------------------(often) stay up talking late into the night .
9 . When Nadia was a baby, people
-----------------(often) come up to me and tell me how beautiful she was .
10 . He -----------------------be very overweight but
he’s much slimmer now .
11 . When I was at school , I
-----------------------(never) do my weekend homework until Sunday evening .
12 . I --------------------work in the same department
as your brother .
13 . When I was a teenager , I
-------------------(often) spend the whole evening just listening to music .
14 . She ----------------------have a lot of friends
when she was younger .
15 . He ------------------------go for a run every day .
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