Modal verbs

Why didn't you help him? You _____ have done it.

• Must

• Could

• Can

I_______ stay in England for six months and not for a fortnight (two weeks) as I had planned.

• had to

• can

• am able to

• have to

If one person is careless with a library book, then they _________read others

• can

• can't

• may

• mightn't

People who know a foreign language ___ learn a second one easily.

• had to

• must

• may

• can

____ I have a word with you, please?

• Must

• May

• Should

• Have to

At first I ___ skate well, now I ____.

• mustn't /can

• may/can

• couldn't /can

• should/shouldn't

Note from hospital administration: Visitors _______ stay in the hospital after 10 p.m.

• might not

• needn't

• must not

• don't have to

I didn’t ___ ring her up, for she did it herself.

• had to

• could

• have to

• must

People _______ exercise regularly, otherwise they will get out of

shape.

• must not

• should

• can

• might

“Ma,” said the little girl, “Willie wants the biggest piece of cake, and I think I _________ have it because he was eating cakes two years before I was born.”

• couldn't

• should

• has to

• might