B1 Level: Describing People Using Modal Verbs with One Adjective – Ex B1-517
👤 Scrambled Sentences  |  Modal Verbs + One Adjective Per Sentence  |  English
👤 People described in this exercise — with their one adjective:
colleague ambitious
professor knowledgeable
sister outgoing
grandfather wise
classmate quiet
friend honest
manager decisive
neighbour helpful
child energetic
athlete disciplined
artist imaginative
student hard-working
doctor compassionate
teenager stubborn
leader confident
📚 Grammar Reminder — Modal Verbs + One Adjective:
Use modal verbs (can, must, should, may, might, could, will) + be + one adjective to express ability, obligation, possibility, advice, etc.
• She must be intelligent. — strong obligation
• He can be very friendly. — possibility
Remember: watch for adverbs like very, quite, rather, extremely, highly that modify the adjective. She may be quite ambitious.

How to Complete This Exercise

  1. Click "Start Exercise" to begin. You will work through 15 sentences, each describing a person using a modal verb + exactly one adjective. Sentences appear in a new random order every time the page loads.
  2. Look at the scrambled words in the word bank below and click them in the correct order to form a complete English sentence.
  3. Focus on the modal verb + "be" (shown in green) and the one adjective (shown in teal).
  4. Made a mistake? Use "Undo Last" to remove the last word, or "Reset" to clear the whole sentence.
  5. When all words are placed, your answer is checked automatically.
  6. Need help? Click "Hint" — the next correct word is placed for you. Each hint costs −0.88 pts.
  7. Each incorrect full attempt costs −0.5 pts.
  8. Use the Volume & Speed sliders to hear each word and sentence read aloud in Google US English. The timer starts on your first word click.
  9. Your live score and timer are shown at the top. A perfect score is 100% (90 total words, zero hints, zero wrong attempts).
  10. Click "Finish & Send" at any time to submit your results to your professor.
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