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4 Departures

Grammar Perfect modals

A. Complete the table.

can’t could may shouldn’t didn’t need to

might must mustn’t needn’t should

to express certainty

to express possibility
+ have + past participle

to express a lack of obligation

to express regret

B. Complete the sentences with a modal verb from exercise A.

1. I have spent more and taken a direct flight. Then I would have had more time in Rome.
2. It have cost Felipe a fortune to train to be a pilot!
3. We have printed our tickets as I’ve got them on my smartphone.

4. Did you know Anna still went to Sydney even though she broke her leg? She have
been comfortable flying all that way with her leg in one position, poor thing.
5. I have packed last night, but I was so tired, I went to bed at 9 pm.
6. They have sent us a message to let us know the flight was cancelled – we’ve come
all this way for nothing!

C. Read the statement and discuss the questions
with a partner.

It must have taken ages to cross the Atlantic
before there were aeroplanes. I don’t know why
anyone would choose to make the journey by
boat nowadays.

1. Why might someone prefer to travel by boat?
2. What type of boats can you use to cross the
Atlantic?
3. What might be the advantages and
disadvantages of travelling by boat or
aeroplane?

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