Modal Verbs 3º ESO

CAN & MUST

Copy these activities on your notebook:

1) Complete the table and write sentences with can or can’t.

-----------------------------------Tim --- Colin --- you
-------------------------play the guitar -- x ----- x

------------------------------sing ---------x ------yes

----------------------swim 1 kilometre ---x ------ x

1 Tim / play the guitar

2 Colin / sing

3 Tim and Colin / swim 1 kilometre

4 I / play the guitar

2) Write questions and short answers using the information in the previous exercise.

1 Tim / sing?


2 Tim and Colin / play the guitar?


3 you / swim 1 kilometre?





3) Complete the jungle survival rules using must or mustn’t and the verbs below.

drink sterilize cook take use

1 You …................... water before you drink it.
2 You ….................... a good insect repellent.
3 You ….................... a map and compass with you.
4 You ….................... insects before you eat them.
5 You ….................... contaminated water.

4) Complete the sentences. Use can, can’t, must or mustn’t and a verb below.

survive play use drink eat

1 ….................. you ….................. a computer?
2 You ….................... strange plants in the jungle.
3 My sister has got a guitar, but she ….................... it. She needs lessons.
4 A camel ….................... for many days without water.
5 You ….................... a lot of water in a hot climate.

Some modal verbs

Complete the sentences with can / can’t or could / couldn’t and the verbs below.

use read speak run walk go draw

1 My friend has dyslexia so she ……................. very well.
2 We lived in France so we ……................. French.
3 I was ill yesterday so I ……................. to school.
4 ……................. (you) a computer?
5 My sister is an artist. ……................. people when she was two.
6 She ……................ because her foot is broken.
7 He’s the best athlete in our class. He ……................. 100 metres in 11 seconds.

Write the rules with must / mustn’t.

Write your answers in blue pen.
You must write your answers in blue pen.

1 Don’t eat in class.
……...................................................................
2 Show your passport.
……...................................................................
3 Always wear goggles.
……...................................................................
4 Smoking is prohibited.
……...................................................................
5 No swimming in this area.
…….....................................................……
6 please leave your bags at reception.
…….....................................................……
7 Don’t touch the animals.
……......................................................……

Complete the sentences with should or shouldn’t and the verbs below.

smoke check eat throw phone take

1 You ……................. that word in the dictionary.
2 ‘I’ve got toothache.’ ‘You ……................. sweets.’
3 It’s raining. You ……................. an umbrella.
4 You ……................. . It’s bad for you.
5 We’re going to be late. We ……................. Mum.
6 Recycle bottles – you ……................. them away.