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Grammar

6 Modals

Presenter It can't be easy being Britain's youngest tennis star.

Zoe No, it isn't. I had to get used to the attention very quickly. Every match I play appears in the newspapers. There's quite a lot of pressure to do well.

Presenter That must be difficult.

Zoe It is, especially if I lose. It can be very depressing reading about it the next day.

Presenter Do you think you were born to play tennis?

Zoe Well, I think I have a natural talent, but had to work very hard when I started playing - and still do!

Presenter How many hours a day do you practise?

Zoe I have got to train for four hours a day. It's just like a full-time job.

Presenter Do you have time to go to school?

Zoe No, I don't. I have private tutors, so I don't have to go to school. But I still have to take exams. I'm studying for my GCSEs * at the moment.

Presenter When did you start playing tennis?

Zoe My father started giving me lessons when I was six years old. By the time I was ten I could beat him!

Presenter And do you have any advice for other young tennis players?

Zoe Well, they ought to remember that it's only a game. They shouldn't get too upset when they lose a match. And they mustn't spend too much time training. You need time out to do other things, like going out with your friends.

Presenter What about the future? Do you think you might do something else when you're eighteen, for example?

Zoe I may try something different, I'm not sure. But at the moment I can't imagine life without tennis.
* GCSEs = General Certificate of Secondary Education exams for 16-year-old students

7 Error correction
Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

2 If you want to pass your exam, you have got work harder.
2 If you want to pass your exam, you have got to work harder. - correct

3 Do you must leave now? It's still early.
3 Must you leave now? It's still early. - correct

4 That mustn't be Amy. She's gone skiing this week.
4 That can't be Amy. She's gone skiing this week. - correct

5 May I stay out late tonight? No, you shouldn't.
5 May I stay out late tonight? No, you may not. - correct

6 It can't to be Rachel's birthday today. The party is next Saturday.
6 It can't be Rachel's birthday today. The party is next Saturday. - correct

7 Yesterday, Karl must go to the dentist.
7 Yesterday, Karl had to go to the dentist. - correct

8 You've to phone him as soon as you get home.
8 You'll have to phone him as soon as you get home. - correct

9 If you want to improve your football, you ought practise more often.
9 If you want to improve your football, you ought to practise more often. - correct

10 Sue hadn't to bring her umbrella. It wasn't raining.
10 Sue didn't have to bring her umbrella. It wasn't raining. - correct

8 Language patterns: remember + -ing/remember to do

A Look at the sentences and answer the questions.

Which of the verbs in italics is:

a reminding somebody to do something?

b talking about a personal memory?

a reminding somebody to do something - Remember to bring your CD player to the party.

b talking about a personal memory - I remember teaching the others Maths when they were eight.

B Complete sentences 1-7 with the correct form of these verbs.

• listen • close • use • give in • take • wear • have

7 I can remember having long summer holidays as a child.

C Write answers to these questions.