MODALS - 03

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Utilisez l’auxiliaire modal suggéré par le contexte pour remplacer la partie en majuscules de la phrase. N’employez pas d’équivalents tels que HAVE TO, BE ABLE TO etc.

1. PERHAPS homebaking illicit drugs will spread around the world.
Homebaking illicit drugs around the world.

2. Pure codeine isn’t sold over the counter. IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Pure codeine over the counter.

3. I'M CONVINCED homebaking became more effective when police started cracking down on illegal heroin imports.
Homebaking more effective when police started cracking down on illegal heroin imports.

4. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE initial research into fighting homebaking took chemists that long.
Initial research into fighting homebaking chemists that long.

5. They 'D BETTER patent the new process.
They the new process.

6. I DON'T THINK organisations working with drug abusers were enthusiastic about the development BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Organisations working with drug abusers enthusiastic about the development

7. Filing for full patent applications around the world WASN'T NECESSARY.
They for full patent applications around the world.

8. More and more dealers KNOW HOW to extract codeine from prescription drugs.
More and more dealers codeine from prescription drugs.

9. WHY DID they set up such a plan to foil illegal chemists?
They such a plan.