MODALS - 01

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!

Remplacez les expressions en majuscules par un auxiliaire modal sans changer le sens de la phrase. N’employez pas de formes équivalentes du type BE ABLE TO / HAVE TO / etc...

1. PERHAPS this larva will develop into a cannibal salamander.
This larva into a cannibal salamander.
2. Sometimes, cannibal salamanders HAVE NO CHOICE BUT to eat a close relative.
Sometimes, cannibal salamanders a close relative.
3. I'M SURE Pfennig and Collins chose the right strategy for their experiments.
Pfennig and Collins the right strategy for their experiments.
4. Of course, THERE IS ALWAYS A SLIGHT CHANCE that they were mistaken.
Of course, they mistaken.
5. Omnivorous salamanders ARE TOO WEAK to escape their cannibal counterparts.
Omnivorous salamanders their cannibal counterparts.
6. DON'T put your hand in the aquarium! Cannibal salamanders ARE QUITE CAPABLE of biting your finger off, you know.
You your hand in the aquarium! Cannibal salamanders your finger off, you know.
7. IT WASN'T NECESSARY to invest so much money in this experiment.
You so much money in this experiment.
8. Researchers OUGHT TO concentrate on more important things than salamanders.
Researchers on more important things than salamanders.
9. I'M SURE the degree of kinship didn’t influence the development of any other animal.
The degree of kinship the development of any other animal.
10. WHY DID they eat diseased prey?
They diseased prey.