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Grammar Modal verbs revision

A. Discuss with a partner. What do you think is the
situation in each sentence?

1. I shouldn’t have eaten so much cake.
2. You could’ve died!
3. It must’ve been incredible to meet them!
4. My parents are bound to find out ...

It must be difficult to learn to read as an
MUST + infinitive to express certainty adult.
MUST + have + past participle They must have found it difficult to leave their
previous life behind when they first emigrated.
The government can’t expect people to
CAN’T + infinitive to express certainty stand by when there are so many problems.
CAN’T + have + past participle They can’t have expected so many refugees
to arrive at the camps.
to express certainty With such mass migration, overpopulation
be BOUND TO + infinitive (based on in urban areas was bound to become a
experience) problem.

There could be any number of reasons for
COULD + infinitive to express possibility people to end up homeless, not just drugs.
COULD + have + past participle The government could have provided more
resources for the refugee camps.
The government should do more to reduce
SHOULD + infinitive to express regrets or adult illiteracy.
SHOULD + have + past participle obligations I shouldn’t have made that comment to
Fran – it was insensitive of me.

B. Read the text. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the boxes.

be feel file happen provide scam verify

Unfortunately, despite all the honest, giving people in the world, there are bound to 1 some
people who will take advantage of other people’s goodwill. One example is the case of a fraudster from
Georgia (US) who was able to accumulate almost $670,000 by scamming companies into making donations.
You may well ask, “How could this 2 ?” The man in question, Kai Brockington, registered a
charity which, according to its website, should 3 healthcare facilities in local communities.
As in the US many companies have donation-matching schemes, Brockington then paid friends to say they
had donated to Our Genesis Project so that the company would donate the same amount. The companies
couldn’t 4 whether the donations were real, as in some cases employees had supposedly
made donations of $100,000.
Brockington can’t 5 any remorse for his actions as he spent the money on extravagant
holidays and expensive clothes for himself and his family. During the four years the scam was in operation,
he must 6 numerous fake tax claims and reports on the charity’s actions. In August 2018,
he was sentenced to a prison sentence of 41 months.
The FBI suggests donating to charities which you know and trust, but if you think you could 7
by a charity or any other organisation, you should always report the incident.

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