LA ACADEMIA DE VALDEPEÑAS TEACHER: LAURA MARINA

1. Fill in the blanks with CAN or CAN’T:

1. She is a small baby. She ……………….. eat meat, but she ………………… drink milk.

2. That dress is not expensive. I …………………. buy it.

3. A cat ………………. climb up a tree, but a dog ………………….. .

4. I’m very tired today. I ……………………. clean my room.

5. John is very short. He …………………… play basketball very well.

6. We are very hungry, so we …………………. eat a lot of sandwiches.

3.-COMPLETE WITH SHOULD, SHOULDN’T

1 If someone doesn’t speak your language very well, you ____________ speak fast; you ___________ speak
slowly and carefully.
2 If you need a pen, you ____________ say ‘Give me that pen’; you ___________ say ‘Could I borrow your pen,
please?’
3 If people want to live until they’re very old, they ___________ eat a lot of fruit and vegetables; they
___________ eat a lot of cakes and chocolate.
4 In a big city you __________ be careful with your money; you ___________ leave your bag on a chair in a
restaurant.
5 When you’re driving, you ____________ drive for hours and hours without stopping; you __________ stop
and walk round every two hours.
6 When people are travelling by plane, they __________ drink lots of water; they __________ wear
uncomfortable clothes.

4.- CHOOSE BETWEEN MUST AND MUSTN’T

1) I must / mustn’t lose weight. I’m too fat.
2) I must / mustn’t be late for the school.
3) The kids must / mustn’t sleep regularly to grow healthily.
4) I must / mustn’t finish my homework.
5) We must / mustn’t obey the rules to live in peace.
6) I must / mustn’t come home before ten o’clock.
7) We must / mustn’t be quiet in the classroom.
8) We must / mustn’t shout in the classroom.
9) We must / mustn’t be careful while we are walking on the street

5. Fill in the blanks with CAN / CAN’T or MUST / MUSTN’T:

1. She is ill, so she ………………………. see the doctor.

2. It’s raining heavily. You …………………… take your umbrella.

3. We ………………………………. (not / pick) the flowers in the park.

4. Mike is nine months old. He ……………………………… (not / eat) nuts.

5. I am very tall. So I …………………… play basketball.

6. I’m sorry but we …………………………………………. (not / come) to your party tomorrow.

7. You are speaking very quietly. I ………………………………….. (not / understand) you.

8. …………………….. I use your phone?

9. We …………………….. go to the bank today. We haven’t got any money.

10. My hands are dirty. I ……………………….. wash them.

11. It’s late. I …………………………. go now.

12. You ………………….. stop at a red traffic light

6.- READ THE RULES OF THE HOTEL AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH MUST
AND MUSTN’T

-You………………………….smoke in your room

-You………………………….take food into your room.

HOTEL RULES
-You………………………….pay for your room on the day you
-Do not smoke in your room.
arrive.
-Do not take food into your room.
-You…………………………wash your clothes in your room.
-Pay for your room on the day you arrive
-You…………………………return by 10:00P.M. every night.
-Do not wash clothes in your room.
-You………………………..turn off the T.V after 11:00P.M.
-Return to the hotel by 10:00P.M every night.
-You………………………..bring visitors to your room.
-Turn off the T.V after 11:00P.M.
-You……………………….ask the reception desk if you
-Do not bring visitors to your room.
want to use the telephone.
-Ask the reception desk if you want to use
-You………………………..leave the room by 9:00A on the day
the telephone. you leave.

-Leave the room at 9:00 A.M on the day

you leave.
7- TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. USE CAN, CAN’T, COULD, COULDN’T, MAY, MIGHT,
SHOULD, SHOULDN’T, MUST, MUSTN’T

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