Modal verbs & phrases
What's the missing modal verb or phrase? (Remember to use the correct form and tense!)
It's all right, look! We ... to find the missing spoons in the end!
It's all right, look! We managed/were able to find the missing spoons in the end!
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: future continuous or future perfect.
By next year, I (run) a marathon.
By next year, I will have run a marathon.
What's the word?
A break in the middle of an opera or play.
An interval.
What's the word?
A company or business.
An enterprise.
What's the expression or collocation?
To feel both positive and negative about something.
To have mixed feelings about something.
What's the missing modal verb or phrase? (Remember to use the correct form and tense!)
Where's Mike? He's ... to be cooking dinner!
Where's Mike? He's supposed to be cooking dinner!
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: future continuous or future perfect.
This time tomorrow, you (drink) cava on a Spanish beach, you lucky thing.
This time tomorrow, you'll be drinking cava on a Spanish beach, you lucky thing.
What's the word?
The time before written records existed.Pre-history.
What's the word?
To feel really worried and anxious about something.To dread something.
What's the expression or collocation?
To reach an age when you are considered an adult.
To come of age.
What's the missing modal verb or phrase? (Remember to use the correct form and tense!)
If you're going to Crete, you really ... to visit Knossos. It's fascinating!
If you're going to Crete, you really ought to visit Knossos. It's fascinating!
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: future continuous or future perfect.
In ten minutes from now, we (finish) this awful quiz.
In ten minutes from now, we'll have finished this awful quiz.
What's the word?
To live for ever.
To be immortal.
What's the word?
To be childish.
To be immature.
What's the expression or collocation?
You are deeply depressed.
What's the missing modal verb or phrase? (Remember to use the correct form and tense!)
Amira hated ballet but her mother ... her go to lessons every week for five years.
Amira hated ballet but her mother made her go to lessons every week for five years.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: future continuous or future perfect.
We (eat) dinner before you arrive.
We will have eaten dinner before you arrive.
What's the word?
The extra time you work at your job.
Overtime.
What's the word?
An important event in the development of something.
A milestone.
What's the expression or collocation?
To be in the best period of your life.
To be in your prime.
What's the missing modal verb or phrase? (Remember to use the correct form and tense!)
That game looks fun! Will you ... me have a turn?
That game looks fun! Will you let me have a turn?
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: future continuous or future perfect.
I hope you don't mind, but I (might leave) before you get back.
I hope you don't mind, but I might have left before you get back.
What's the word?
Not having enough qualifications for a job.
To be underqualified.
What's the word?
To support or oppose something in an unfair way.
To be biased for or against something.
What's the expression or collocation?
To take an optimistic approach.
To have a positive attitude.