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c) Respond to the same statement in the negative.
M o d e l : You may take those pencils.
Oh, no. I’m afraid, I may not take them.
IX. Work in pairs. Ask your fellow student logical questions on the
given statements and answer them. Use the modal verbs:
1. We have got
headphones for the whole group. 2.
Every
body
must go
to the laboratory today. 3.
Mary can
help us with
the cassette recorder
.
X. Fill in the missing modal verbs:
1. You ... go out today. It’s too cold. 2. ... I take your foun
tain pen? — Do, please. 3. We ... not carry the bookcase up
stairs. It is too heavy. 4. When ... you come to see us? — I ...
come only tomorrow. 5. Shall I write a letter 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?
XI. a) Write sentences according to the following models using the
words and word combinations given below.
M o d e l 1 : Let’s begin our morning exercises.
read the text; write on the blackboard; do the exercises;
speak to the dean.
M o d e l 2 : Shall I write it in transcription?
clean the blackboard; bring some chalk; do my homework;
answer
your question; spell the noun; press the button; pro
nounce it.
M o d e l 3 : Listen to the new song.
the teacher; your fellow students;
the radio, the story; the
text; the tune; the cassette recorder; the actor.
M o d e l 4 : Look at the clock.
the picture;
the house; the blackboard; the bird;
the child;
the lamp; the cup; the plate.
