Question

Mary says that she ________________ read minds. can must We often use ‘can’ to talk about someone’s skill or general abilities. This is something that once you have learnt you can do any time you want, like being able to read or swim or drive a car, for example: I can sing songs in English.; I can ride a horse.; She can speak several languages. If we paraphrase the test sentence ‘Mary says that she ________________ read minds.’, it will sound like: ‘Mary is able to read minds.’ Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1 (can). 1

Accepted Answer

1 might have to modal verbs

Task	Mary says that she ________________ read minds.
Answer	1
a	can
b	might
c	must
d	have to
comment	We often use ‘can’ to talk about someone’s skill or general abilities. This is something that once you have learnt you can do any time you want, like being able to read or swim or drive a car, for example: I can sing songs in English.; I can ride a horse.; She can speak several languages. If we paraphrase the test sentence ‘Mary says that she ________________ read minds.’, it will sound like: ‘Mary is able to read minds.’ Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1 (can).
topic	modal verbs
level	1

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