2 Complete the sentences using the most suitable modal verb: can, could,
may, might :
1 Robert … speak English well enough to talk without an interpreter.
2 Mother, … I come back home at 11 tonight?
3 Father … repair my broken bicycle.
4 I … come round this evening.
5 They say I … do sums well.
6 Bob … phone this evening.
7 Johnny, dear, … you do something for me.
8 … you go shopping this evening?
9 I … do the flat myself.
10
It … rain soon.

The concert is being held (Present Continuous Passive) as part of the Star of Bethlehem Christmas Festival held in St. Petersburg between Jan 9-19.
The penitential verse cycle called “Primi mya pustynya” was written (Past Simple Passive) by Russian monks in the 17th century and presents not only religious but also philosophical, secular thoughts about life and its meaning.
“I was deeply impressed (Past Simple Passive) by these quiet but very intense words.
“Prior’s penitential verses have great potential and can be preformed (Present Simple Passive) as separate opera pieces.
Prior’s concerto for piano was performed (Past Simple Passive) in St. Petersburg in September at the St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella to an overcrowded hall.
In June 2007, Prior’s ballet, “Mowgli,” will be staged (Future Simple Passive) by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassiliyev and presented by the Moscow State Classical Ballet at the Kremlin Palace.

1. Someone told to me a few months ago that getting a mortgage would be easy. How 
2. wrong they were! When I first went into the bank, I asked if them how much I could 
3. borrow. They refused that to answer ever such a simple question, saying that I had to 
4. actually find a house before they could tell me whether they would have land me the 
5. money or not. I thought this was ridiculous and so told it a white lie, saying that 
6. I had been already found a house. They finally said they would lend me the money, so 
7. that was great. Then the problems started. A few weeks later a friend told me that about 
8. a wonderful flat that was for sale. He suggested to our buying it together because it was 
9. so large and I agreed. When I went back to the bank and said so I was planning to 
10. buy a flat with a friend, the bank manger denied doing that he had ever said the bank 
11. would give me a mortgage and claimed that he has had looked at my finances and knew 
12. I wasn’t earning enough to borrow money. I begged with him to have another look at my 
13. records as I knew he was wrong. Finally, he agreed me to reconsider my case and 
14. eventually sent me a letter which stated that the bank would was quite happy to give me 
15. a mortgage. By then, though, it was said too late as someone else had bought the flat! 

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