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Practice #1 - answers
Modal Auxiliary Expressions: can, could, may, might, will

The most appropriate modal auxiliary for each sentence.

1. Don't worry, Mr. Francis, I promise, I _will_ (may/will) pick up the documents from the
    ministry first thing tomorrow morning.

2. I _could_ (can/could) type very fast when I was in college. I'm much slower now.

3. I'm sorry, Mr. Martinez, the rules state that you _may_ (may/can) visit your uncle in Ohio,
    but you _can't_ (won't/can't) stay longer than six months.

4. I don't know if I can, but I _might_ (might/will) go to Toronto next week.

5. If you come to visit us next summer, you _can_ (can/will) stay in the guesthouse.

6. Jay usually takes two courses each semester, but this semester he said he _might_ (could/might)
    try to take three.

7. If Ashot looks out his back window, he _can_ (could/can) see the Caspian Sea.

8. When Jacques was younger, he _could_ (might/could) ride 30 km on his bicycle in an afternoon.

9. If you want to, you _can_ (can/may) have a swim in the pool before dinner.

10. Next week I _may_ (could/may) take a trip into the Sonora Desert.
 

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