UNIT 6: LONDON CALLING

UNIT 6: TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

Enjoy this wonderful website to improve your listening and oral skills. Pay special attencion to the expressions and language used. You will need them soon :)

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/telephone-cellphone-1.htm


And if you are brave enough to continue....

http://usefulenglish.ru/phrases/listening-on-the-telephone

UNIT 6: MODALS

If you need more practice with modal verbs, here you are  some exercises with their answers:

Modals

A Complete the sentences. Use

can, can’t, could or couldn’t.

1 When I was three years old, I ...................... cross the road by myself.

2 I am not busy this afternoon, so I ...................... go shopping.

3 It’s too late. We ...................... go now.

4 I ...................... open the top window. I’m not tall enough.

5 ...................... you ski when you were young?

6 My father tried, but he ...................... teach us how to play tennis.

B Complete the sentences with

must, mustn’t, have to, has to or don’t have to.

1 You ...................... go to bed early. You’ve got a test tomorrow.

2 That plate is hot. You ...................... touch it.

3 We are going to a new restaurant tonight, so I ...................... cook.

4 Ella’s car doesn’t work, so she ...................... take it to the garage.

5 You ...................... play your CDs loudly at night.

C Choose the correct modal.

1 My neighbour

should / could not speak English, so he took lessons.

2 I

can’t / mustn’t come to the film tonight because I’m babysitting.

3 You

shouldn’t / must study hard before exams.

4 We

have to / could be at school on time.

5 I love Sundays because I

mustn’t / don’t have to get up early.

Modals, adverbs of manner

– Answers

A

1 couldn’t 4 can’t

2 can 5 Could

3 can’t 6 couldn’t

B

1 must 4 has to

2 mustn’t 5 mustn’t

3 don’t have to

C

1 could 4 have to

2 can’t 5 don’t have to

3 must

 

 

 

EXAM UNIT 6

Next Friday, 13th March: Exam unit 7 (3ºB and 3ºC)