C. Reading comprehension – Matching exercise
Read our article about can/can’t and must/mustn’t on pages 16-17 of English Now No 122 then match each sentence with the idea it expresses.
| 1. Brenda is late for work. She must have not heard her alarm clock. | |
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| a. capacité |
| 2. My sister has been taking swimming lessons for the last few months. Now, she can swim! | |
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| b. incapacité |
| 3. Every day, I say to myself ‘OK John, you must clean your kitchen!’ and then I do it, because I have no choice. | |
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| c. possibilité |
| 4. I’ve taken hours and hours of driving lessons, but I still can’t drive properly. | |
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| d. impossibilité |
| 5. No Stacy, you can’t go to the cinema with your friends. You haven’t finished your homework. | |
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| e. forte probabilité |
| 6. I’m free on Saturday. I can pick you up from the airport if you need me to. | |
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| f. supposition |
| 7. Since you’ve cleaned your room, you can go to the skatepark. | |
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| g. obligation |
| 8. I’m not available on Mondays so I can’t come to the meetings you’ve planned on those days. | |
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| h. interdiction |
| 9. My boyfriend went out for a run. It’s now raining cats and dogs, he must be soaked! | |
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| i. permission |