Complete the sentences with the passive modal verb forms.

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Complete the sentences with appropriate word from the brackets.

1. There are about 30,000 lay magistrates[6], who (must/may) be trained in court procedures and be aware of the rules of evidence. 2.Democracy (must/may) take one of two basic forms: direct democracy or representative democracy. 3. No individual (can/must) be completely free to do absolutely anything he or she wants. 4. If you want to make a will, you (should /ought to) consult a solicitor. 5. In Britain you (are allowed to/have to) drive a car when you are seventeen. 6. In the late 1940s, the Japanese government (could/can) maintain only a very low level of living for the most part of population. 7. You (don't have to/mustn't) cross the street when the red light is on. 8. The students (can't/ mustn't) investigate criminal cases now. They (will be able to/could) do it by the end of the final course. 9. If a young person is found guilty[7], the court (may/should) transfer the case to a youth court for sentence. 10. Parents (ought to/may) take care of their small children. 11. In a democracy, citizens (may/must) vote freely by secret ballot[8]. 12. The court hearing (was to/had to) start at 10 a.m. 13. When he was at the university he (had to/must/should) pay for the tuition.

Model: A new legislation (must/ pass) by Parliament tomorrow.

A new legislation must be passed by Parliament tomorrow.

1Governments decide what kinds of property (may/own) by the public.

2An assembly of the people's representatives (may/call) a council, a legislature, a congress, or a parliament.

3This case (cannot/decide) by a magistrate.

4Laws (can/classify) in many ways.

5In order to become a law all bills (must/sign) by the President.

6Certain rules (must/follow) by English judges.

7Prices (can/increase) by the government next year.

8Students and schoolchildren (should/provide) with free Internet service.

9Laws that are unconstitutional (can/remove) by the highest courts.

10More money (should/spend) to protect the environment.

7. Ask wh-questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.

1. Lawyers work in law firms, for the government, for companies, or by themselves. 2. Civil law is based on legislation passed by parliament. 3.Young people may vote at the age of 18. 4. In the year 2000, there were 955,300 practicing lawyers and judges in the United States. 5. Twenty-four of the forty-six signers[9] of the Declaration of Independence were lawyers. 6. Japan modernised its legal system in the nineteenth century. 7.In 1154, Henry II institutionalized common law in England. 8. Modern democratic governments can be classified into two broad categories. 9. In the years following the Cuban Revolution, many lawyers left Cuba.10.The government had to change its immigration policy.