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MODAL VERBS - CONSOLIDATION (1)

5. We ---- people from their voices and get an idea of their
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen characters since our tone of voice, almost as unique
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
as our fingerprint, ---- extremely important in verbal
communication.
1. Even though the theory of dualism ----, many people still
cling to the idea that consciousness ---- outside of the A) may have recognised / will be
body. (2019 - YDT)
B) can recognise / is
A) has been disproven / can exist
C) are able to recognise / has been
B) was disproven / could exist
D) have to recognise / had been
C) is disproven / had to exist
E) should have recognised / was
D) had been disproven / should have existed
E) will be disproven / must have existed

2. Scientists conducting research to shed light on 6. It is not surprising that archaeologists ---- ancient channels
the possible causes of several mental disorders diverting water from Tucson’s Santa Cruz River as early
---- a link between lack of normal gut bacteria and as 1500 BCE because native Americans in Arizona ----
brain development changes that ---- schizophrenia. digging canals for various purposes at least 3,500 years
(2020 - YDT) ago.

A) had observed / used to cause A) are discovering / used to begin
B) have observed / could cause B) discovered / had begun
C) will observe / should cause C) have discovered / began
D) observed / should have caused D) could discover / have begun
E) are observing / had to cause E) used to discover / were beginning

3. Recently, in some countries, it ---- common to pay for an 7. The history of computers ---- more than two centuries,
extra cup of coffee or meal when people ---- their own and mathematicians and entrepreneurs ---- the first
checks so that a person in need can eat and drink freely. computers as mechanical calculating machines to solve
the increasingly complex number-crunching challenges.
A) has been becoming / have paid
A) dated back / had theorised
B) is becoming / are paying
B) has dated back / used to theorise
C) becomes / have been paying
C) had dated back / would theorise
D) will have become / paid
D) is dating back / theorise
E) has become / pay
E) dates back / theorised

4. The city of Ephesus ---- the cradle of civilisation, science, 8. People love to celebrate ---- in the world, and festivals
and art, exhibits a synthesis of the cultures of past provide something for ---- in terms of celebration, whether
civilisations, and the excavations there ---- for almost a it is the arts and culture, food and drink, holidays, or
century. religion.
A) was / had gone on A) everywhere / everyone

B) could be / had been going on B) nothing / anybody
C) must have been / were going on C) nowhere / somebody
D) used to be / have been going on D) somewhere / someone
E) is / will have been going on E) anything / nobody

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