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Modal & Passive Voice — Too Hot to Work?

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Free ESL grammar exercise on modal & passive voice themed around too hot to work?. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on work. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

Senator Cosgrove argued that a maximum limit could be set at between 25 and 30 degrees. She said that workplaces like construction sites should be required to provide fans and water breaks.

Grammar

Must — legal
Use must for strong duties. Employers must conduct a risk assessment every year. — Required by law.
Should
Use should for advice. Workers should be able to take water breaks. — Advised, not legally required.

Sample items

  1. Employers ______ provide fans and water stations when temperatures exceed 28 degrees.
  2. A new EU directive on heat limits ______ before the end of the decade.
  3. Workers in poorly ventilated offices ______ be expected to stay productive in extreme heat.

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