Modal verbs

The Olympic Games ... be watched all over the world.

• could

• can

• are able to watch

He wasn't over 18 but he ... come in anyway.

• could

• might have

• was allowed to

Look at Peter. He ... run so fast.

• can

• is able to

• could

All we ... hear was a terrible scream.

• could

• were able to

• might

The last album ... be as good as the previous one, but it's great music anyway.

• might

• cannot

• could not

Sue isn't at school today. She ... her project at home.

• might be finishing

• could have finished

• can finish

I've already washed up, so you ... bother to do that.

• needn't

• don't have to

• can't

I prepared a lot of food, but it turned out later that I ... so much.

• didn't have to do

• didn't need to do

• needn't have done

I knew that only a few people would arrive, so I ... too much food.

• shouldn't have prepared

• needn't have prepared

• didn't need to prepare

She ... about the meeting because nobody told her.

• might not have known

• couldn't have known

• shouldn't have known