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First You will hear a teacher talking about rules of Providence High School: listen carefully and complete the sentences with as many words as necessary.
1 Students __________________ be absent from a year course for over 10 times. 2 If a student exceeds the number of maximum absences he or (2) she will __________________ recover them in the afternoon. 3 If students __________________ complete the required recovery they will get a low mark. 4 Notes excusing the students’ (4) absences __________________ be presented within five days after their return to school. 5 Students __________________ carry their electronic devices to school as long as they’re turned off. 6 Students __________________ to wear any accessory that may be used as a weapon.
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Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets.
1 Perhaps there will be a train strike next Thursday. (might) 2 Did Rose manage to get a refund? (able) 3 They will probably be a bit late. (likely) 4 Will they let me get in? (allowed) 5 I doubt it will happen again. (unlikely) 6 He was able to lock the doors. (succeeded) 7 They don’t let me drink alcohol. (allowed) 8 Maybe they’re not home. (mightn’t) 9 Will you be able to come? (manage) 10 He’s a good singer. (can)
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Look at the pictures below and complete the description with the words from the box. Then listen and check. allowed
can
can’t
likely
managed
may
might
succeed
The picture on the left shows a woman and a child, who are (1) _______ to be a mother and her young son. She (2) _______ be telling him off for doing something he wasn’t (3) ________ to do. The boy is sulking and has an angry look in his eyes, but he (4) _________ be sorry for what he did. In the other picture I (5) _________ see another mother with her teenage boy. I think he has been working on a maths exercise but (6) _________ do it. Maybe he is feeling frustrated because he hasn’t (7) ________ to solve it yet. His mother looks a bit annoyed: maybe she’s telling him that he will never (8) _________ in doing it if he doesn’t try solving it in another way.
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UNIT 18 Modals (2): permission, possibility and ability
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