exercise 13 Fill in. 
The right to vote began in 1776 but the ones who 1. were allowed to vote / could vote were white, property-owning, Protestant men. The right to vote was extended in 1856 stating that all white men in America 2. are allowed to vote / can vote. From 1889 onwards men 3. had to take literacy tests specifically designed to reduce African American voting. According to The Nineteenth Amendment from 1919-20, women 4. must be given / have to be given the right to vote. Since 1924 all Native Americans born in the USA 5. have been able to give/cast their vote. Americans under the age of 21 6. hadn’t been able to take part / participate in elections until 1971. In 1974, The Supreme Court ruled that states 7. may deny convicted felons the right to vote. In 1975, laws were passed that said that literacy tests 8. couldn’t be used anymore. In 1990, the law required services to ensure that people with disabilities 9. can go / are able to go to polling stations. One of the biggest landmarks in the history of voting 10. might / may have been the presidential election in 2008. In addition to winning, Obama got a great turnout of voters, which 11. must have been almost as great as the victory itself.

exercise 14 More advanced. Translate.
1. It must be odd/weird/strange to move to a foreign country, especially because the customs and language may / might be very different.
2. My best friends were immigrants and (they) have had to learn many new things about their new home country.
3. It can’t have been easy, but they have been able / managed to succeed very well.
4. I’m not sure if I could / would be able to move abroad permanently. It might / could be pretty challenging.
5. If I had been allowed to travel abroad with my friends when I was young, I could / might have been braver / more brave to speak foreign languages.
6. My younger sister has always been allowed to do the things she has wanted to, but I have always had to obey the rules.