3ESO Revision Unit 6 (modal verbs)

should and must

1 Complete the sentences with should, shouldn’t, must or mustn’t.

1 You _____________ smoke in school. It’s against the school rules.

2 You _____________ do your homework on the bus. It’s better to do it at home or in the library.

3 At my school we _____________ wear a school uniform. We aren’t allowed to wear our own clothes.

4 Students _____________ listen to their teachers. Then they will learn more quickly.

5 Students _____________ cheat in exams. Our school expels students who cheat.

6 You _____________ get up late on a school day. You need time to get ready for school.

7 Our school is very strict. We _____________ stand up when the headteacher enters the classroom.

have to and don’t have to

2 Complete the text with have to, has to, don’t have to or doesn’t have to and the verbs in the box.

cook do revise tidy wash wear (x2)

Sometimes life isn’t fair. I have to wear a horrible school uniform, which I hate. My brother (1) __________________________ one because he’s older and goes to a different school. But he (2) __________________________ for his exams and he often complains about that. I’m younger, so I (3) __________________________ any important exams this year. Of course, we both (4)__________________________ our bedrooms and we hate doing that! But we (5)__________________________ the evening meal – our mum does it – and we (6) __________________________ the dishes: that’s Dad’s job, and he often complains about it!

3 Write questions for the answers. Use do / does … have to and the prompts in the box.

your mum / work / today           I / get / up now           you / help / your parents Tom / wear / a uniform            we / study / this evening

1 __________________________________________?

No, he doesn’t. He goes to school in jeans.

2 __________________________________________?

Yes, you do. You’ve got exams next week!

3 ___________________________________________
__________________________________________?

No, of course not. It’s Sunday. She doesn’t work at the weekend.

4 __________________________________________?

Yes, you do, now! Or you’ll be late for school.

5 __________________________________________?

Yes, I do. I have to wash the dishes after dinner.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the school life verbs .

I passed the exam because I revised a lot.

1 Don’t ______________ my ______________ ! Find your own answers!

2 Tom ______________ ______________ when he was sixteen and started working in a radio station.

3 When Joe and Ben ______________ ______________ from school, they usually spend all day in the park.

4 Sally is really shy and it’s hard for her to ______________ ______________.

5 I got a ______________ ______________ for my history essay and I have to write it again.

5 Complete the table with the words in the box.

boarding holidays leaving age private rules secondary single-sex state subjects uniforms

school ...	… school
__________________	boarding
__________________	__________________
__________________	__________________
__________________	__________________
__________________	__________________

6 Write the correct modal verb.

1. You ___________ finish the exercise now. You can finish it at home.
2. You _____________ buy a travel guide before you go to Central America.
3. In Spain you _______________ go to school till you are 16.
4. It's OK. You ___________ pay now. You can pay me at the end of the month.
5. You _____________ smoke in hospitals.
6. You ___________ go to the shop. I've already bought the milk.
7. You ____________ look at your book in an exam.
8. Tomorrow's a holiday. We ________ get up early.
9. In class, you _________________ ask for permission to go to the toilet.

Exercise 1

1 mustn’t      4 should      6 shouldn’t

2 shouldn’t     5 mustn’t      7 must

3 must

Exercise 2

1 doesn’t have to wear
2 has to revise
3 don’t have to do
4 have to tidy
5 don’t have to cook
6 don’t have to wash

Exercise 3

1 Does Tom have to wear a uniform?
2 Do we have to study this evening?
3 Does your mum have to work today?
4 Do I have to get up now?
5 Do you have to help your parents?

Exercise 4

1 copy … work 4 make friends
2 left school 5 bad mark
3 play truant

Exercise 5

school …	… school
holidays leaving age rules subjects uniforms	boarding private secondary single-sex state

Exercise 6

1. Don't have to
2. should
3. must/have to
4. don't have to
5. mustn't
6. don't have to
7. mustn't
8. don't have to
9. must