Fill in the blanks with ‘CAN’ or ‘COULD’:

- … you help me decode this message?
- You … take these books home with you.
- She knows I … refuse her so she always asks me favors.
- … you lend me 100 Euro for a fortnight?
- I was sorry I … help you with your mathematics.
- Do you think you … translate this text from Italian into French?
- His father was a strong man; he … easily lift two people at once.
- You … call me every time you feel like it.
- I … not have managed to get to the airport in time if you had not given me a lift.
- She … be as cruel as you say.
- Though she was quite old, she … read without spectacles.

Fill in the blanks with ‘MAY’ or ‘MIGHT’:

- You … not go skiing as you are still ill.
- She … have tried to arrive in time.
- He … be still angry with you if he hasn’t called on you for such a long time.
- She … have known that she was supposed to attend the meeting.
- One … come across unusual experiences while hunting.
- … I advise you to be more careful with your things?
- My friends … be wrong this time, but I still believe in them.
- Alcoholic drinks … not be sold to children
- They … have spent their holiday at the seaside though they didn’t say anything about this.
- She … have let us know in time about her arrival.
- The train …be late today on account of the heavy snowfalls.
- … I have another helping of this delicious cake?
- They … not believe you; your proofs are not very convincing.
- She … have sent me a postcard.
- You … leave me alone; I don’t feel like talking.
- Her relatives … be still living in that small country house.

Fill in the blanks with ‘MUST NOT’ or ‘NEED NOT’:

- Students … talk to one another while writing test papers.
- He … go out bare-headed if he’s got a cold.
- Children … leave the room without saying ‘good-bye’.
- She … come; I can go and see her this afternoon.
- You … take that mackintosh; it doesn’t look like rain today.
- They … copy that text; they have it in their text-books.
- You … drink the coffee if it is too sweet.
- Visitors … give food to animals in the zoo.
- Your father … smoke at all if he has pneumonia.
- She … send me the copy of those poems since I already bought the book.
- You … worry about your illness; it’s nothing serious.
- People … smoke in the filling stations.
- You … tell me the answer. I know it.
- He … hurry; there’s plenty of time before the train leaves.
- One … talk back to one’s parents.