Exercise 1.

Fill in the missing modal verbs:

1. You … do out today. It’s too cold. 2.… I take your fountain-pen? – Do, please. 3. We … not carry the bookcase upstairs. It is too heavy. 4. When … you come to see us? – I … come only tomorrow. 5. Shall I write a litter to him? - No, you …, it is not necessary. 6. Mary … finish the work at once. 7.… you cut something without a knife? 8. Peter … return the book to the library. We all want to read it. 9. Why … not you understand it? It is so easy. 10.… we do the exercise at once? 11.… you pronounce this sound?

Exercise 2.

Fill in the missing modal verbs:

1. My sister can read English but she … not read German. 2. Who … recite this poem? 3.… I smoke here? – I am afraid not. 4.… I pay for these books at once? – No, you needn`t. You … pay for them in a day or two. 5. The lesson is over. We … go home now. 6.… I take your dictionary? – Do, please. 7. Must we translate this article in class? – No, you …, you’ll do it at home. 8. You … find our dean upstairs. 9.… I see your father’s study? 10Want king of furniture … you see in the sitting-room? 11. You … take a cold shower every morning. 12.… I come to see you tomorrow at ten o’clock? 13.… you do this translation in the morning? 14. I … be at the Institute at eight. 15. It is dark. You … draw the curtains.