Fill in the blanks.
1. The room .................... accommodate up to ten people.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use can to talk about theoretical possibility.
2. Where ................... I buy used computers?
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Who .................... solve this puzzle?
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I ................. be working late tonight.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use will to simply predict the future.
5. If she left home at six, she ...................... be here soon.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either should or ought to can be used to talk about logical possibility.
6. He said that he ...................... not come.
Correct!
Wrong!
When the main verb is in the past tense, use would instead of will in the subordinate clause.
7. We visited Malaysia last week. That ................... have been nice.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. 'There is the doorbell.' 'I ................... go.'
Correct!
Wrong!
Use will to talk about decisions that we make at the moment of speaking.
9. It ..................... rain anytime soon.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. You ..................... have waited for me.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. Who .................. it be?
Correct!
Wrong!
12. That ..................... be James. He is in Mexico.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- The room can accommodate up to ten people.
- Where can I buy used computers?
- Who can solve this puzzle?
- I will be working late tonight.
- If she left home at six, she should / ought to be here soon.
- He said that he would not come.
- We visited Malaysia last week. That must have been nice.
- ‘There is the doorbell.’ ‘I will go.’
- It might rain anytime soon.
- You need not have waited for me.
- Who can it be?
- That can’t be James. He is in Mexico.
