LM 1030. Modals

1. The key is missing.

• It may be on the table.

• It ought to be on the table.

• It must be on the table.

2. Ken is eating lunch with an older woman.

• She may be his mother.

• She could be his mother.

• She has to be his mother.

3. A letter has just arrived.

• It can't be from Mary.

• It must not be from Mary.

• It might not be from Mary

4.Thomas is doing his homework.

• He might finish by four o'clock.

• He could finish by four o'clock.

• He won't finish by four o'clock.

5. The answer is 25.

• That may not be right.

• That couldn't be right.

• That might not be right.

6. The doorbell is ringing.

• It has to be the mail carrier.

• It should be the mail carrier.

• It ought to be the mail carrier.

7. I'm worried about Jeanne.

• She might be ill.

• She must be ill.

• She could be ill.

8. My car is at the service station.

• It won't be ready soon.

• It will probably be ready soon

• It ought to be ready soon