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to be+ need

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. You are to stay at the table until you finish your lunch.

a)

plans

b)

orders

c)

instructions

d)

necessity

2.
  1. The Prime-minister is to visit Canada next week.

a)

orders

b)

instructions

c)

arrangements

d)

advice

3.

These pills are taken after meals twice a day.

a)

instructions

b)

advice

c)

orders

d)

plans

4.

What am I to do, Sir?

a)

plans

b)

orders

c)

instructions

d)

advice

5.

The house is to be painted next summer.

a)

instructions

b)

plans

c)

orders

d)

advice

6.
  1. You are to give up smoking!

a)

orders

b)

plans

c)

advice

d)

instructions

7.

Strangers are not to enter our house

a)

orders

b)

instructions

c)

plans

d)

advice

8.

The ship is to dock at noon

a)

plans

b)

orders

c)

advice

d)

instructions

9.
  1. You are not to open the box until Christmas.

a)

orders

b)

instructions

c)

plans

d)

advice

10.
  1. She is not to enter our house.

a)

plans

b)

instructions

c)

orders

d)

advice

11.

needn't have taken / needn't take/ didn't need to take

It was cloudy. Paul took an umbrella but it didn't rain. He (a)   the umbrella

12.

needn't /didn't need/don't need

Everything will be fine. You (a)   worry.

13.

didn't need to get/needn't get/need

It was a weekend. I got up late. I (a)   up early.

14.

I ______ out but the day was so lovely that I went for a walk.

a)

didn't need to go

b)

needn't have gone

c)

needn't go

15.

John drove to the airport to pick Jane up but she had already taken a taxi. He ____ to the airport.

a)

didn't need to drive

b)

needn't have driven

c)

needn't drive

d)

needs

16.

Linda had a lot of apples at home so she ________ any when she went shopping for food.

a)

needn't buy

b)

needn't have bought

c)

didn't need to buy

d)

doesn't buy

17.

We've got plenty of time. We _____.

a)

didn't need to hurry

b)

needn't have hurried

c)

needn't hurry

18.

They needn't go now. They have enough time

a)

it's a modal verb

b)

it's not a modal verb

19.

Need he go there?

a)

it's a modal verb

b)

it's not a modal verb

20.

We needn’t have hurried: she wasn’t ready yet.

a)

it's a modal verb

b)

it's not a modal verb