- You are usually at the top of the class for spelling in your English lessons, but the
teacher tells you that all your answers are incorrect. You don’t believe it.
I can’t have _____.
The teacher must have ___. - Your cousin told you she was going to marry a Hollywood actor.
She can’t have __.
She must have __. - Yesterday you ate seafood in a restaurant.
You’ve been sick all night and you feel terrible.
I must have ____.
The ____ might not have . - Your English teacher gives you a list of fifty phrasal verbs to learn.
After only five minutes you say ‘I’ve finished!’ Your teacher says...
You can’t have __.
You must have __. - You invited some friends round to your home.
They’ve been to your house before and they know the way, but they have rather an old car.
They can’t have ___.
Their car might have ___. - You sent an email to a colleague to phone you urgently as soon as he got to the
office.
That was yesterday and your colleague still hasn’t called.
He might not have ____.
He can’t have ____. - The lights were on in Sally’s apartment but she didn’t answer the door when you
rang the doorbell.
She might have __.
She might not have __.
Class Secrets – Intermediate/ Upper IntermediateThis is a speaking exercise for modal verbs used to express necessity, for intermediate /
upper-intermediate classes. The exercise could be used to introduce the various forms and tenses.
In this case the learners would do the exercise without teacher drawing their attention to the
forms themselves, then analyse. This approach can help demystify an area learners often feel