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Modal Verbs - Consolidation - 2

9. ---- international students who had to work to earn 13. It is highly possible to say that seafaring people of
their living were to return to their countries during the ancient China and Egypt ---- their boats by the sun
Covid-19 pandemic as ---- had financial support from and the stars because historians ---- us about a
their families. number of books on this subject.

A) Quite a few / none A) should have steered / used to inform
B) Enough of the / all B) might steer / will inform
C) Lots of / each C) must have steered / inform
D) A large amount of / a few D) could be steering / have informed
E) Many / several E) may have steered / are informing

10. When we interpret the sources about the epidemics 14. Potters in the Mayan civilisation ---- a long distance
occurring ---- in the ancient Hellenic and Roman to gather their raw materials as the land ---- the
civilisations, we see that people living in ---- times necessary soil for them.
considered them as punishments sent by the gods.
A) did not need to move / supplied
A) every other / these
B) shouldn’t have moved / supplies
B) another / this
C) needn’t have moved / would supply
C) the other / the ones
D) can’t be moving / was supplying
D) others / that
E) couldn’t have moved / has supplied
E) one after another / those

15. Children ---- near emergency exit doors because they
11. Researchers have found that reducing the ---- the physical power and practical capacity to follow
consumption of red meat and replacing it with cabin attendants’ instructions in an emergency.
seafood species ----nutrition; however, overfishing,
the main driver of ocean wildlife population decline, A) are not supposed to sit / should lack
---- ocean biodiversity.
B) mustn’t be sitting / might have lacked
A) could be improving / may have harmed
C) don’t have to sit / could have lacked
B) can improve / should be harming
D) are not allowed to sit / may lack
C) used to improve / might harm
E) can’t be sitting / must lack
D) may improve / is likely to harm
E) must have improved / would be harming

16. No matter how advanced and sophisticated modern
12. The wind ---- the world’s fastest-growing renewable technology is, it ---- all the rich and subtle clues that
energy source, and this trend ---- with falling costs.
face-to-face communication contains, as humans
A) is / was about to continue ---- in social groups for millions of years.

B) has been / is expected to continue A) may not be providing / have lived
C) will be / should be continuing B) didn’t need to provide / were living
D) was / would have continued C) shouldn’t have provided / will live
E) had been / used to continue D) aren’t allowed to provide / live
E) can’t provide / have been living

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