Choose the correct option
Present, past or future ability?
could've, should've or might've: rewrite
Rules: True or false?
Which is correct?
100

There CAN / MAY still be some seats on this flight, I'll check for you

MAY

100

I could see that there was definitely a market

PAST ABILITY

100

That wasn't a very sensible decision. You ran the risk of being dismissed

You could have been dismissed

100

Use could have, might have or should have to talk about something that was possible in the past but didn't happen

TRUE

100

Which sentence is correct?

You must to see the Chrysler Building when you're in New York.
You have see the Chrysler Building when you're in New York.
You must see the Chrysler Building when you're in New York.
You must see the Chrysler Building when you're in New York.
200

I'm sorry, I CAN'T / MAY NOT get you on to that flight, all the seats are booked

CAN'T

200

Boat owners want to be able to access the internet

PRESENT ABILITY

200

What a pity you didn't come five minutes earlier. You have missed the chance of seeing Anne.

You could have seen Anne

200

We can use be able to in present, past or future

TRUE

200

Which sentence is correct?

Do I should call him?
Should I call him?
I should call him?


Should I call him?
300

It CAN / MAY rain a lot in Manchester, it's a very damp climate

MAY

300

You still can't access the internet from your boat

PRESENT ABILITY

300

You were wrong to speak to her like that

You shouldn't have spoken to her like that

300

Use should have to compliment what people have or haven't done

FALSE

We use it to criticize

300

Which sentence is correct?

You don't have to wear uniform at work.
You haven't to wear uniform at work.
You mustn't wear uniform at work.


You don't have to wear uniform at work.
400

You CAN'T / MUSTN'T work legally in the US without a visa

CAN'T

400

So other companies won't be able to compete with you

FUTURE ABILITY

400

We are very lucky we didn't lose the contract

We could/might have lost the contract

400

Can is always a modal of ability

FALSE

It can also express probability/possibility

400

Which sentence is correct?

We don't must make any noise; my grandfather's sleeping.
We mustn't make any noise; my grandfather's sleeping.
We mustn't to make any noise; my grandfather's sleeping.
We mustn't make any noise; my grandfather's sleeping.
500

You DON'T HAVE TO / MUSTN'T / DON'T NEED TO apply now, it CAN / MAY wait until tomorrow.

DON'T HAVE TO / DON'T NEED TO

CAN

500

Have you been able to get any sort of protection for it?

PAST ABILITY

500

It was a mistake not to send the price list with the catalogue

We should have sent the price list with the catalogue

500

must have expresses past obligation

FALSE

It expresses deduction

500

Which sentence is correct?

Must you to make that terrible noise all the time?
You must to make that terrible noise all the time?
Must you make that terrible noise all the time?
Must you make that terrible noise all the time?
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