Grammar Exercises: Modals and Reported Speech

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2. Complete affirm one modals or modal perfects.

  • should have helped
  • should have asked
  • may have left
  • don't have to get up
  • can't buy
  • must have had
  • can't have recognised

3. Rewrite the sentences using the words

  • might exist another planets
  • needn't have told Susan what I said
  • may have been Alicia who just walked by
  • had better not travel to that country
  • must have forgotten that we were meeting today
  • don't have to bring a gift

4. Complete the mini dialogues modal or imperfect

  • may have studied
  • can't be
  • may not have had
  • should have let
  • must have written
  • should call
  • can be able to
  • can borrow
  • should have (ed)

5. Rewrite the sentences modal or modal perfect

  • I must have reminded you
  • You shouldn't walk alone in this neighbourhood
  • We could have taken the car but we decided to walk
  • You mustn't cycle without a helmet in this park
  • We might be a few minutes late
  • We would have visited you but no one told us about...

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1. Write sentences with reported speech

  • The court ordered the burglar to pay the victim..
  • Our neighbours asked us not to make so much noise
  • My doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days
  • The security officer warned the girls not to walk alone
  • Tina announced that she was getting married ...
  • The firefighters advised everyone to leave the building

2. Complete the sentences in a logical way using verbs

  • not to say anything
  • being involved
  • you weren't coming
  • to buy
  • he had not expected to survive
  • travelling in the winter

4. Complete the mini dialogue using reported speech

  • that she wasn't feeling well
  • that he had got a better offer from another company
  • that he was having trouble breathing
  • I would help her
  • us to stay in after dark
  • to stealing money
  • everyone to evacuate
  • me not to forget about the meeting

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