UNITS 10-11 CORRECTION WORK

NAME________________________

1 Choose the correct modal verb.

1 I had to see/must have seen my bank manager yesterday.

2 The class has been cancelled. I needn't prepare/needn't have prepared this lesson.

3 You should have left/could have left the building immediately when the alarm went
off.

4 She could have told/must have told me she was a vegetarian and then I wouldn't

have made/shouldn't have made roast beef for lunch.

5 I couldn't have paid/needn't have paid a tip to the waiter because service was

included in the bill.

6 I did explain what to do but he can't have been/might have been paying attention.

7 I shouldn't have gone/mustn't have gone to bed so late last night. I am absolutely

exhausted now.

2 Choose the correct answer.

1 I spent the whole week in bed with flu last week. That__________have been awful.

a might b must c should

2 My biycle isn't where I left it. It_____________have been stolen.

a might b should c can

3 Do you know where Rosa is? I'm not sure. She_________have gone home.

a should b can c may

4 I saw Sarah in town today. You____________have seen her. She is in Germany.

a shouldn't b mustn't c can't

5 I've bought you some wine. Oh, you_________have done. We've already got loads.

a can't b needn't c wouldn't

6 Oh no! The car's run out of petrol. I told you we___________have filled up at the last

garage!

a could b must c should

7 Where is Andy? I don't know. I'm quite worried. He_________have arrived by now.

a can b should c may

8 Do you know why Jack was late this morning? Yes. He_______go to the doctor's.

a must b must have c had to

3 Complete the sentences with a modal verb in the past.

1 There's nobody here. The meeting___________________been cancelled.

2 Chris________________gone home. His car is still here.

3 You___________________listened-then you'd have understood.

4 We_____________________cooked. They'd already eaten.

5 I bet Ann_________________finished the report- she's very quick.

4 Match the wish and the reality.

1 I wish I could drive. You won't drive.

2 If only I'd driven. I can't drive.

3 I wish you would drive. I didn't drive.

4 I wish I was driving. I wasn't driving.

5 I wish I'd been driving. I'm not driving.

5 Complete the sentences about people's wishes. Write only one word in each gap.

1 We are not going skiing this winter. If only we______________.

2 I haven't got many friends. I wish I___________________.

3 My kids do not like vegetables. I wish they_______________.

4 She cannot come to the picnic. She wishes she________________.

5 We are starting renovation work on our house. Our neighbours wish we__________

6 I do not have many friends. I wish I_____________________.

7 I did not know about the picnic. If only I____________________.

6 Express people's regrets using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 If only you_______________________(stay) longer yesterday.

2 Afterwards, she wished she__________________(not give) Lorenzo her phone number.

3 If only we________________(know)! We could have picked you up from the station.

7 Complete the correct form of the conditional sentences.

1 If we_________________(have) to cancel, would we get a refund?

2 If you___________________(not interfere), this would never have happened.

3 I don't get any help at work. My job______________(be) easier if I______________(have) a

secretary.

4 I am glad we took a mobile phone. If we___________________(not contact) the police,

they_______________________(not catch) the criminals.

5 I had no idea about her illness. If I________________(know) she was so ill,

I________________________(visit) her.

6 We cannot afford to go on holiday. If we________________(have) more money,

we___________________(go) skiing.

7 She is quite lazy at school. She__________________(get) better grades if

she____________________(work) harder.

8 We decided not to move. We__________________(lose) a lot of money if

we_______________________(sell) our house.

8 Complete third type of conditional sentences.

1 If I__________________(know) it was like this, I_______________________(not come)

2 If they__________________(work) hard, they_______________________(pass) the exams.

3 If we_____________________(not stay) at home, we________________________(get) wet.

4 If I________________(not try) over the wall, I____________________(not break) a leg