Choose the required modal verb or the equivalent. 1. They ... meet in the morning today to sign a new contract. (can, were to, need) 2. Al the age of five he ... read but he ... not write till the age of seven, (can, could, may) 3. She ... not understand the language when she first came to England, (must, could, may) 4. If you go to the doctor with a private practice, you ... pay him quite a lot of money, (had to, will have to, should) 5. The children ... play out of doors till their mother gets home from work as they are afraid to be alone, (should, could, have to) 6. Nobody ... take anything out of a shop without paying for it. (must, can, may) 7. The police were suspicious at first, but we ... convince them that we were innocent, (could, were able to, must) 8. -... I stay here till 6 o'clock? No. you ... not. You ... go right now if you've finished your work, (need, must, may)