Translation III. – KEY

1. He may / might / could be waiting at the station when we arrive.

2. Do you think the plane will be on time? – I don’t know. It may / might / could be delayed by / due to fog.

3. We can’t bathe here on account of / because of sharks.

4. Couldn’t you have come a little earlier?

5. I could have lent you the money. Why didn’t you ask me (to)?

6. You should / ought to paint the door. Yes, I know I should / ought to.

7. I shouldn’t / oughtn’t to be telling you this. It’s supposed to be / It is to be a secret.

8. I’m glad I don’t have to / don’t need to go to work today.

9. There were no buses, so we had to walk.

10. You needn’t / don’t have to / don’t need to change your clothes. Just come as you are.

11. When I have a telephone of my own / my own telephone I won’t have to / won’t need to waste time waiting outside the / those awful/terrible/horrible/wretched telephone boxes.

12. You needn’t have written such a long essay. The teacher only asked for 300 words, and you have written 600.

13. She shouldn’t / oughtn’t to have stood in the queue / She shouldn’t / oughtn’t to have queued (up).   She should / ought to have got tickets from the (vending) machine.

14. It can’t be an aeroplane. It must be a helicopter.

15. The plane should / ought to be taking off in a minute.