2 Choose the correct words. 1 You're improving. Perhaps you might / can't
play in the school team one day.
2 Her leg can't/might be broken. She can still walk.
3 That experiment must / may work, but I'm not
totally confident
4 The treatment could / must be good. All the
patients are better.
5 The weather is bad, but with luck it can't/might
change.
6 Acupuncture might / must help you. I'm not
sure – I've never tried it.
3 Make sentences using the modal verbs
in exercise 1 and the words in brackets.
Then compare your answers with a
partner.
Sarah is crying. (in pain)
She may be in pain.
1 Your friend looks ill. (flu)
2 Denis is asleep. (tired)
3 They are speaking Spanish (Mexican)
4 The teacher is laughing. (angry)
5 Larissa has gone to hospital. (ill)
6 Arslan works in a hospital. (surgeon)
