Exercise II. Complete the sentences with can, could, may, might and the words in brackets. 1. ..You can speak .Italian (you/speak)? 2. .I take can ..your dictionary (I/take)? 3. You. may take .. these books for a month (take). 4. We.. might not hear . what he was saying (not hear). 5. They. can improve.. the operation of this device (improve). 6. He.. with speak . English fluently ten years ago (speak). 7. .Can you play ..any musical instrument (you/play)? 8. Many stars are very far from us, but we. may see.. them by using a telescope (see). 9. This instruction is not very difficult, I.. can translate. it right now without any dictionary (translate). 10. Take your umbrella, it.. could rain. (rain). 11. «Where is he now?» “He may cook dinner in the kitchen (cook). 12. .I might have..cup of tea, please (I/have)? 13. It's too dark here, I see nothing. you may ..the light, please (you/turn on)! 14. We. with buy.. this computer tomorrow, because we don't have enough money at the moment (buy). 15. .Can use..your mobile phone, I want to call my parents (I/use)?

Exercise II. Complete the sentences with can, could, may, might and the words in brackets.

1. You can speak Italian, can't you? (you/speak)?

2. Can I take your dictionary (I/take)?

3. You may take these books for a month (take).

4. We might not hear what he was saying (not hear).

5. They can improve the operation of this device (improve).

6. He could speak English fluently ten years ago (speak).

7. Can you play any musical instrument (you/play)?

8. Many stars are very far from us, but we may see them by using a telescope (see).

9. This instruction is not very difficult, I can not translate it right now without any dictionary (translate).

10. Take your umbrella, it could rain. (rain).

11. «Where is he now?» “He may be cooking dinner in the kitchen (cook).

12. May I have a cup of tea, please (I/have)?

13. It's too dark here, I see nothing. you could you turn on the light, please (you/turn on)!

14. We will not buy this computer tomorrow, because we don't have enough money at the moment (buy).

15. Can I use your mobile phone, I want to call my parents (I/use)?

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

right

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