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Modal Verbs - BTX

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You mustn´t smoke in a hospital.

a)

Ability

b)

Obligation

c)

Prohibition

d)

Possibility

2.

You ought to tell the police that she robbed the house.

a)

Ability

b)

Advice

c)

Obligation

d)

Certainty

3.

Gemma was able to ride a bike when she was 4.

a)

Ability

b)

Advice

c)

Possibility

d)

Prohibition

4.

Can we go out tonight? Please, please mum.

a)

Ability

b)

Advice

c)

Possibility

d)

Permission

5.

Joan must be at school because he had an exam.

a)

Ability

b)

Certainty

c)

Request

d)

Prohibition

6.

Andreu might go to California this summer.

a)

Prohibition

b)

Possibility

c)

Obligation

d)

No obligation

7.

Lisa didn´t manage to finish the test.

a)

Lisa coudn´t finish the test.

b)

Lisa can´t finisht the test.

c)

Lisa don´t have to finish the test.

d)

Lisa shouldn´t finish the test.

8.

It´s impossible for you to have seen Mario. He is in Paris.

a)

You can´t have saw Mario.

b)

You can´t see Mario.

c)

You can´t has seen Mario.

d)

You can´t have seen Mario.

9.

It´s certain that Jan was responsible for the graffiti because he´s covered in paint.

a)

Jan must be the responsible.

b)

Jan must have been the responsible.

c)

Jan might have been the responsible.

d)

Jan must has been the responsible.

10.

Students aren´t allowed to enter in the staff room.

a)

Students can´t enter in the staff room.

b)

Students couldn´t enter in the staff room.

c)

Students wasn´t able to enter in the staff room,

d)

Students mustn´t enter in the staff room.

11.

If I were you, I would go to the doctor.

a)

You should to go to the doctor.

b)

You shouldn´t go to the doctor.

c)

You ought to go to the doctor.

d)

You ought to not go to the doctor.

12.

Maybe Lou felt embarrassed.

a)

Lou must have felt embarrassed.

b)

Lou might have felt embarrassed.

c)

Lou can´t have felt embarrassed.

d)

Lou might haven´t felt embarrassed.

13.

I´m sure Mark stole the money.

a)

Mark must have stole the money

b)

Mark can have stolen the money

c)

Mark mustn´t have stole the money

d)

Mark must have stolen the money

14.

It was Laura´s mistake to touch a Buddha´s head when she was in Thailand.

a)

Laura should have touched Buddha´s head.

b)

Laura can´t have touched Buddha´s head.

c)

Laura shouldn´t have touched Buddha´s head.

d)

Laura shouldn´t have touch Buddha´s head.

15.

It´s impossible you forgot your dossier. I texted you yesterday.

a)

You mustn´t have forgotten your dossier.

b)

You must have forgotten your dossier

c)

You can´t have forgotten your dossier.

d)

You can´t have forget your dossier.

16.

You have to ____ a theory before you can say it's true.

a)

observe

b)

adopt

c)

test

d)

provide