Assignment 15
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 439.
Think of the appropriate Modal verb (or its equivalent) and use it with the Infinitive in brackets. The hint (in square brackets after each sentence) and the italicized words will help you do it. Don't forget that the Infinitive can be either in its Active or Passive form.
Write the correct sentence in the space opposite the original one. If necessary, change the word order. The first sentence has been done for you.
| The bowler rarely(to see) today. [possibility] | The bowlercan rarelybe seen today. |
| She said she(to speak) English when she was five. [ability] | |
| Tomorrow we(to use)'the new computer. [permission] | |
| The train(to arrive) at 6 p.m. but it was delayed, [an arrangement] | |
| Saturday morning is the only time when people who are at work(to shop). [possibility] | |
| Though I was very busy yesterday,I (to go) to my friend's place because the day before I had left my notebook there, [necessity arising out of circumstances] | |
| In the 1960s, many American farmers (not, to find) the necessary capital to run their family farms. [capability] | |
| He(not, to be) at the second interview next Monday. They think they will offer him the job without seeing him again. [absence of necessity] | |
| She(to accept) the rules of the game if she wants to take part in it. [necessity, advisability] | |
| Britain's leading pharmaceutical companies try to find and make new medicines that(to cure) or(to re- duce) the effects of disease. [ability] | |
| Interest on loans(to charge) in the 16th century. [permission] | |
| You better(to start) your work immediately. [advisability] |
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