II. Choose the correct alternative in the following sentences

1. She could / was able play the piano very well when she was your age.

2. Could / may you open the window a little?

3. She said she must / had go to the supermarket.

4. How wonderful! Tomorrow’s Saturday and we mustn’t / don’t have to get up at 6.30.

5. You must / have to get a good night sleep before the exam.

III. Rewrite the following sentences using can, could, may or might.

1. You are not allowed to smoke here.

2. He didn’t know how to spell ‘ continue’

3. Am I allowed to smoke here?

4. Do you know how to play baseball?

5. It’s not possible that they are still on holiday.

6. It is possible that we’ll have a good weather tomorrow.

IV. Find the mistakes in the following sentences and write them out again correctly.

1. That shouldn’t be the postman. He never comes so early.

2. I might not to come to class on Wednesday. I’ve got to go to the dentist.

3. Could you riding a bicycle when you were seven?

4. I don’t think we should buy him a shirt. He could not like the colour.

5. You can to take a raincoat. It might rained.

V . Use the necessary modal verbs.

1. …I ask you a question?- You certainly … .

2. I wonder if we … take off our shoes here?

3. You … always observe traffic rules on the road.

4. …I do anything for you?

5. … we meet them at the airport? No, you…not.

6. You …not take so much sugar in your tea.

7. You … take all these tablets if you want to get well.

8. Schoolchildren… not wear a uniform now.

9. You… phone her at her office. She …be still working.

10. You …be more attentive next time.

VI. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Look, Nick, could you lend / borrow me $10?

2. Are you expecting / waiting anybody to dinner?

3. His wife was murdered / killed in a road accident.

4. You were late today. Did anybody note/ notice?

5. We must accept/ receive their offer.

6. Next Sunday we are accepting / receiving guests.

7. Who told / said you that?

8. Never say / tell so again.

9. Why? If it isn’t Bob? I can’t trust / believe my eyes.

10. Do you believe / trust Martin?

VII. Translate into English.

1.Ты не должен ехать так быстро, если не хочешь попасть в аварию. 2 Завтра мне надо рано встать. 3. Здесь курить не разрешается. 4. Возможно вы правы. 5. Не следует пить так много кофе. 6. Мне нужно тебе помочь? – Нет, спасибо, я всё сделаю сам.

МОДУЛЬ 26.

Test 26.

I. Use much, many, few or little.

1. Is there so ____ salt left?

2. There is ____ milk in the fridge but there is very ____ sour cream there.

3. He couldn’t think ____ policemen have arrived.

4. I’m delighted. Tom has made very ____ mistakes in the test.

5. Three biscuits are not many, they are ____ .

6. Have you got ____ money?

7. Do you really need so ____ sugar?

8. They didn’t have ____ luck this season.

II. Use some, any, or no.

1.Would you like ____ ice–cream, please?

____ more, thank you. I’ve had ____ .

2.If ____ difficulties arise, let me know.

3.He told us ____ strange story.

4.Have you got ____ good friends?

5.I take ____ sugar with my tea, sugar fattens me.

III. Use is or are.

1. My pair of jeans ____ torn.

2. Where ____ the money?

3. My sister’s eyes ____ dark and her hair ____ fair.

4. Whose clothes ____ these?

5. The police here ____ helpful.

IV. Choose one alternative in the following sentences which is not possible.

1. Would you like some / a little / a few more chicken?

2. Can I have another piece / lump / bit of that delicious chocolate?

3. Many / few /much local people came to the meeting.

4. I would like some / a bit of / a few information about your courses.

5. How many lumps / teaspoons / slices of sugar do you usually have in your cup?

6. I had some / a bit / a good news the other day.

7. I don’t usually have much / many / a great deal of spare time during the week.

V. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box. In some of the sentences more than one word is possible.

Some much many little bit lots lot few deal piece sheet lump slice

1. He’s got ____ of friends.

2. There are just too ____ cars on the roads these days.

3. Could you cut me another ____ of bread, please?

4. We’ve been to Italy ____ of times.

5. That’s an interesting ____ of news.

6. He only has a ____ sugar in his tea.

7. Could you lend me a ____ of paper?

8. Oh, no! A ____ of coal has fallen on the carpet!

9. We’ve been having ____ awful weather recently.

10. We spent a ____ days with my mother in Spain.

11. There were a ____ of people at the party last night.

12. Would you like another ____ of cake?

13. Let me give you ____ good advice.

14. We wasted a great ____ of time looking for you.

15. I’m afraid I haven’t got ____ time.

VI. Read the following text. Some of its lines are correct, and some contain an extra incorrect word. Circle the word which shouldn’t be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (v) at the end of the line.