Modal Verbs Quiz

Why didn’t you help him? You ___ have done it.

• must

• can

• could

• were to

• was able to

A: ___ I phone you tonight? B: Yes, you ___ .

• may / may

• must / might

• could / can’t

• shouldn’t / shouldn’t

• have to / had to

But I ___ stay in England for six months, and not for a fortnight as I had planned.

• had to

• have to

• am able to

• can

• shall have

-I ___ draw a circle with a pencil only, and you? -Neither can I.

• can’t

• can

• may

• shan’t

• couldn’t

Last week I ___ go to town on business trip as the Ministry of Education had asked me to come.

• had to

• might

• should

• could

• was able to

If one person is careless with a library book, then it ___ be read by others.

• can’t

• couldn’t

• may

• can

• mightn’t

After a book is written, it passes through the heads of very many different workers. Each worker works carefully, for there ___ not be any mistakes.

• must

• couldn’t

• could

• might

• has to

He tried, but ___ persuade nobody.

• could

• couldn’t

• can

• might

• won’t

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

• may

• should

• mustn’t

• can

• needn’t

___ I have a word with you, please?

• may

• had to

• have to

• must

• am able to