Modal Verbs (English Grammar - Verbs Book 2) by Jacqueline Melvin

Author:Jacqueline Melvin [Melvin, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS/EXERCISE NINE

1. After weeks of nagging, he finally managed to convince his father to buy him a new car.

2. I didn’t manage to collect my jacket from the dry cleaners. I ran but when I got there it had already closed.

3. My brother managed to pay off his car in two years by doing as much overtime as he could possibly get (Despite difficulties).

4. I’m getting eight of my teeth extracted next week so I won’t be able to eat solids until my gums heal up.

5. He hopes that he will be able to come on holiday with us. (We can also say ‘he hopes he can come on holiday with us’)

6. After saving hard for over five years, they finally managed to put down a deposit on a house. (Despite difficulties)

7. How do you manage to keep your house so clean when you work from morning until night?

8. They managed to find their way back home despite the heavy fog.

9. She managed to send a message to her husband a split second before the battery on her mobile phone went dead.

10. How do you manage to stay so slim when you eat like a horse?

11. It has been predicted that by 2045 machines will be able to do all the work that humans do.

12. Do you think we will be able to find someone to look after the dog when we go on holiday?

I3. I’m sure that if we work harder to find good solutions to our problems, we’ll be able to save the company from bankruptcy.

14. We’ll be able to continue with our search for the missing man if the snow stops.

15. The lawyer is confident that we will be able to win the case.

16. It has been predicted that computers will get more powerful and be able to perform more and more intelligent tasks.

17. The cooker doesn’t work so until I buy a new one, I won’t be able to cook. We’ll have to make do with sandwiches.

18. We didn’t manage to get a drink in the pub because we arrived at closing time.

19. Did you manage to get any special offers today at the sales?

20. I’ve no idea how Sally manages to stay so cheerful after the series of traumatic events she has had in her life. I really admire her.

21. A police raid at the home of suspected drug dealers *paid off as the police managed to break down the door just in time before the criminals disposed of incriminating evidence.

*Pay off = have a successful outcome

22. We finally managed to organise a school reunion after thirty years by searching the web for our old school friends.

23. After struggling with video game addiction, my son finally managed to break free by *going cold turkey. Nowadays, thankfully, he is able to get up in the morning and do other things without heading to the pc.

*Go cold turkey = to stop something immediately and not gradually, usually an addiction, and do not think about it anymore.

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