Modals Test 4

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) Cellulose is indigestible by humans, but herbivores, such as cows and horses, ________________ it because they retain it long enough for digestion by micro-organisms present in their digestive system.

2) You ________________  all your holiday money on the first day. You will need some for the rest of the week.

3) Using lasers to produce extremely short and repeatable pulses of light, today scientists _____________________ events happening in time intervals as short as 1,000 trillionth of a second.

4) Living cells exist in a variety of shapes; for example, they ________________ cube-shaped or flat.

5) We ___________________ the football match on television yesterday, but we ___________________ because there was a power cut.

6) Oh no, look at the sign! We __________________ here. These spaces are for doctors and emergency patients only.

7) You _______________ your children some freedom; otherwise, they will resent you.

8) It’s not easy to learn Turkish at home. Do you think I _______________ an evening course?

9) He ______________ safety goggles, but he wasn’t and, as a result, the hot steel badly damaged his eyes.

10) I __________________ my car last week if I had accepted James’ offer. He offered me two thousand dollars for it, but I wanted more.

11) In parts of Africa, women still _______________ water a long way to their village.

12) Why did you bother so much trying to change your money? You _______________ it, you know, as they accept US dollars in Mexico.

13) I’d rather _________________ the match on television than here in the pouring rain. I’m sure we’ll all catch a cold!

14) You knew that we had to walk a long way today, so you really _______________ those high heeled shoes. You only have yourself to blame for your aching feet.

15) I think Victoria ________________ to the party although she really wants to because she is flying to Paris tomorrow and has to pack her things.

16) You ________________ this report to the managing director personally. Do you understand?

17) You ________________ for the cocktail party after the conference if you are worried about arriving home late.

18) He________________ handball quite often, but his new job requires him to travel a lot now, so he doesn’t have time any more.

19) Would you mind ________________ your cigarette smoke in my face? It’s getting on my nerves.

20) You ________________ your jacket on a clothes hanger and not leave it on the chair. You’ll crease it!