Question

1) Complete the sentences with the modal perfects below and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

needn’t have • should have • must have • might have
1. We’ve run out of milk again! I ……………………… (buy) some yesterday.
2. I’m not sure where Sharon is. She ……………………… (go) shopping.
3. Mr Jones isn’t here. He ……………………… (forget) you were coming.
4. I’d already baked a cake. She ……………………… (buy) one.

2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the modals and verbs in brackets.
1. She ……………………… (mustn’t / smoke) here. It isn’t allowed.
2. We ……………………… (shouldn’t / tell) Alice the bad news. She’s been crying for over an hour.
3. The baby ……………………… (have to / eat) now, because she hasn’t been fed yet.
4. She ……………………… (could / apologise), but she didn’t.


3) Rewrite the sentences using the modals in brackets.

1. It was wrong for us to leave early. (shouldn’t)

2. Is it possible for the train to get to London by six o’clock? (can)

3. Talking on mobile phones isn’t allowed here. (mustn’t)

4. I think Robert called yesterday. (might)


4) Complete the passage with the correct modal form of the verb in brackets. There may be more than one possible answer.
My cousin is getting married in only three months. She (1) ……………………… (start) planning her wedding immediately!
I think she (2) ……………………… (hire) a wedding planner. After my wedding, I realised I (3) ……………………… (hire) one. I (4) ……………………… (enjoy) the event more if I hadn’t been so worried about all the little details. I’m going to tell her she (5) ……………………… (not try) to plan everything by herself!

Answer 1

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)[1] was an American musician, artist, songwriter, guitarist and poet. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene and grunge genre. Nirvana's debut album Bleach was released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989.

After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation".[2] Cobain, however, was often uncomfortable and frustrated with that label, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention.

During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, chronic health problems and depression. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image, and the professional and personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death at age 27 have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the U.S., and over 75 million worldwide. Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, along with Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility.