English Exercises: CAN or MUST

Downloadable worksheets:

Weird Laws - Pairwork - must, have to, allowed to, can´t etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 195

CAN/CAN´T - HAVE TO/DON´T HAVE TO
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 191

CAN OR MUST
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 186

recycling activities
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Downloads: 192

must or mustn´t
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 155

Auxiliary or helping verbs + key
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 128

CAN	CAN'T	MUST	MUSTN'T
ability, request or possibility/permission "I can jump high!" (ability) "Can I go to the toilet, please?"(request) "You can eat in the canteen" (possibility/permission)	lack of ability, certainty that something is impossible, lack of permission. "She can't speak Japanese" (lack of ability) "He can't be home so early" (certainty that something is impossible) "You can't go to the toilet now" (lack of permission)	necessity, obligation, certainty that something is true. "You must study if you want to pass the exams" (necessity) "You must follow the rules" (obligation) "It's ten o'clock, so James must be home." (certainty that something is true)	prohibition "You mustn't exceed the speed limit"

ACTIVITY 1: Read the sentences carefully and choose the correct modal verb:

a) David is 14 years old. He have a driving licence.

b) You respect other people's opinions.

c) you pass me the butter, please?

d) If you have a problem with one of your classmates, you ask for help.

e) Jane is so intelligent! She speak five languages.

f) Students wear a uniform at Eton College. It is a famous private school in England.

g) Kelly, you clean you room before going out with your friends!

h) You smoke in hospitals. It's totally forbidden!

i) How I get to Oxford Street from here, please?

j) What she told me be true. I'm certain it is false.

k) What she told me be true. I'm certain it is true.

l) Anne always arrives home at 9 o'clock. It's 9:30 now, so she be home.

m) Alex always arrives home at 8 o'clock. It's 7:15 now, so he be home.

n) These are the house rules: You listen to loud music. You stay out of your bedroom after midnight. You keep your bedroom clean. You be home before ten in the evening. These rules are strict!

ACTIVITY 2: Write sentences with MUST/MUSTN'T and the information below:

a) Students/go to school on Fridays. .

b) You/use a mobile phone in class. .

c) Children/revise before exams. .

d) We/help our parents with the housework. .

e) You/copy your classmates' answers! !

ACTIVITY 3: Look at the pictures and write true sentences: