Exercise 8 Complete the dialogue with modal verbs: must, can’t or might

A reporter is interviewing Mrs Miles for a TV news programmer.

Complete the conversation with necessary words: must, can’t or might

Mrs Miles: My name is Nora Miles, and I’m going to do a parachute jump.

Reporter: Mrs Miles, you are seventy-three, you are going to jump out of an aero plane. You _____ be mad. You (1) __________ be serious.

Mrs Miles: It really (2) _________ be wonderful to look down from the sky. I’ve always wanted to try it.

Reporter: But anything could happen. You (3) _________ be injured or even killed. It wouldn’t take the risk.

Mrs Miles: Well, young man, your life (4) __________ be much fun if you never take risks. You ought to try it. You never know – you (5) _________ enjoy it.

Reporter: Enjoy it? You (6) ___________ be joking!

Exercise 9 Look at these two photos and describe the people’s appearances using active vocabulary.

Exercise 10 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box

a) Julia sometimes gets ________ if she’s not allowed to do what she wants.

b) Debra was very ________ tonight. Do you think she’s

c) In sport, boys are often more ________ than girls. They always want to win.

d) You should think about how other people feel instead of being so ________!

e) My brother’s so ________. He can talk to anyone about anything.

Exercise 11 Write the opposite of the following adjectives.