Modal Verbs / модальные глаголы
Read the conversation and choose the correct words
Chris: This is a nice painting. Wow. Five thousand pounds! It [must / can /can't] be by someone famous.
Betty: Let me see ... er, it’s by Darren Hudson. I’ve never heard of him.
Chris: He [shouldn't/ *might/mustn't] be one of those new Canadian artists.
Betty: No, he [mustn’t / *can’t/may not] be. All the artists in this exhibition are British.
Chris: Oh. Look at this one. What do you think it is?
Betty: I don’t know. It [*could / can/must] be a person. Yes. I think it’s a woman.
Chris: I’m not so sure. It [could / *might not/mustn't] be a person. I think it looks more like a tree.
Betty: No, it [mustn’t / *can’t/may not] be that. Look, you can see the eyes, just there.
Chris: Oh, yes, I hadn’t noticed them.
Betty: There’s another one like it over there. [May it be / *Do you think/Mustn't be] it’s by the same artist?
Chris: It [*might / mustn't/couldn't] be. Let’s have a look ... no, it’s got a different name on it.
Betty: Well, I don’t like any of these paintings, anyway. Why don’t we go to the Bloomsbury Gallery? There [can / *should/may] be lots of nice pictures there.
Chris: Yes, but it’s already five o’clock. It [*might not / could not/mustn't] be open by the time we get there.
Betty: I think it’s open until 6.30. I think we [must / *could/shouldn't] get there in time.