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Modal Verbs

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mom, please, ___ I go to the park?

a)

could

b)

can

c)

should

d)

ough to

2.

What are you doing here?! You ___ to go to school right now!

a)

should

b)

ought to

c)

must

d)

are allowed to

3.

Tonight I am preparing roast chicken. ___ you come?

a)

Shall

b)

Will

c)

Can

d)

Could

4.

Hello, Mr. Davidsor. ___ I speak to you?

a)

Can

b)

Must

c)

Shall

d)

Could

5.

Susan's party is tomorrow. However, I don't know what the weather will be like...

I ___ not go

a)

may

b)

should

c)

will

d)

must

6.

When I was 7 years old I ___ swim faster than I do now

a)

can

b)

could

c)

should

d)

may

7.

What are you doing at home? You ___ come, since I am here helping Sandy

a)

needn't

b)

mustn't

c)

should

d)

shouldn't

8.

OMG, look at your ankle! It's swollen and sprained, you ___ go to the hospital, it may be broken!

a)

must

b)

should

c)

ought to

d)

mustn't

9.

What modal verb(s) do we use for advice?

a)

should

b)

must

c)

ought to

d)

shouldn't

10.

In 1984 students ___ pray at religious schools

a)

must

b)

has to

c)

had to

d)

didn't have to

11.

Do you want me to wait?

No, it's OK. You ___ wait

a)

don't have to

b)

needn't

c)

mustn't

d)

shouldn't

12.

All candidates ___ send their application forms by Friday

a)

must

b)

have to

c)

has to

d)

doesn't have to

13.

Th doctor told me that I ___ to take my medicine twice a day

a)

must

b)

has to

c)

have to

d)

had to

14.

Have you seen this room? I think I ___ tidy it up right now!

a)

should

b)

must

c)

needn't

d)

mustn't

15.

Small children ___ play with matches

a)

can't

b)

must

c)

can

d)

mustn't

16.

You ___ park in here. It's forbidden

a)

can't

b)

mustn't

c)

shouldn't

d)

ought not to

17.

We use ___ for external obligations

a)

must

b)

have to

c)

mustn't

d)

don't have to

18.

The difference between CAN'T and MUSTN'T is that CAN'T is used for...

a)

external rules

b)

rules that we set

19.

MUSTN'T is a modal verb in which ___sets the rule(s)

a)

an external speaker

b)

the speaker

20.

The difference between CAN and COULD is that the first one is used for...

a)

the present

b)

the past

21.

If you step on someone you ___ apologize

a)

must

b)

have to

c)

needn't

d)

may

22.

You ___ come to the meeting but it ___ help

a)

needn't / can't

b)

don't have to / must

c)

don't have to / would

d)

needn't / wouldn't

23.

I ___ call my uncle. ___ I borrow your cell phone?

a)

can't / Can

b)

could / Can

c)

can't / Can't

d)

could / Can

24.

The rules say that you ___ invite only one guest

a)

can

b)

must

c)

have to

d)

should

25.

I ___ stay at work for a few hours more since I rather prefer to work now than in the weekend

a)

must

b)

should

c)

have to

d)

may

26.

You ___ come into that area. It's restricted to staff only.

a)

shouldn't

b)

mustn't

c)

can't

d)

may not

27.

In order to express ABILITY we use...

a)

can

b)

could

c)

can't

d)

couldn't

28.

In order to express a PROHIBITION we use...

a)

can

b)

can't

c)

mustn't

d)

don't have to

29.

We express STRONG ADVICE with...

a)

have to

b)

must

c)

may

d)

should

30.

Where's Jamie?

He ___ be in the concert by now, it's 10pm and it started at 9.30pm

a)

should

b)

must

c)

may

d)

could