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Modal Verbs 8th grade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____ you speak foreign languages?

Yes, English and Italian.

a)

can

b)

may

c)

should

d)

must

e)

need

2.

If I were you, I _____ do my homework before May holidays.

a)

would

b)

will

c)

must

d)

have to

e)

should

3.

Don't eat too much or you will not _______ to sleep well.

a)

be able

b)

need

c)

can

d)

may

e)

ought

4.

It _____ be that Adam won! He never trained hard!

a)

can't

b)

mustn't

c)

must

d)

can

e)

needn't

5.

You've been studying all day, you ____ be tired.

a)

can't

b)

must

c)

need

d)

may

e)

may not

6.

Where's Ben?

I don't know. He _____ be having lunch.

a)

might

b)

must

c)

has to

d)

needs

e)

should

7.

I got "C" for the test.

Well, you _____ have prepared harder then.

a)

should

b)

can

c)

might

d)

had better

e)

can't

8.

____ we walk to the cafe or better take taxi?

a)

shall

b)

ought to

c)

must

d)

need

e)

have to

9.

____ you like to have some tea?

Yes, please. Black, no sugar.

a)

would

b)

can

c)

could

d)

need

e)

may

10.

You ______ water the flowers. Susan has already done it.

a)

needn't

b)

mustn't

c)

oughtn't to

d)

are not able too

e)

had better

11.

I looked everywhere for the keys, but I ____ find them.

a)

couldn't

b)

shouldn't

c)

mustn't

d)

didn't have to

e)

don't have to

12.

In a perfect world you ______ to do homework if you don't want to.

a)

don't have

b)

can't

c)

shouldn't

d)

mustn't

e)

oughtn't

13.

You have _____ school uniform here.

a)

to wear

b)

wear

c)

wearing

d)

to wearing

e)

ingwear

14.

Can you ______?

Yes, I can.

a)

dance

b)

to dance

c)

dancing

d)

danced

e)

to dancing

15.

You must always ______ at the traffic light before crossing the road.

a)

to look

b)

look

c)

looking

d)

to looking

e)

looked