Modals Questions
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1. _________ the situation change, we will contact you.(Should/Could/Would)
2. It __________be nice to buy a new car, but we can’t afford it.(Will/Would/Could)
3. The situation was bad, but it _________have been worse.(Could/would/Should)
4. I was so tired, I _________ have slept for a week.(Could/Would/Should)
5. Sarah _________not have received my message. Otherwise she would have replied.(might/could/would)
6. Why hasn’t Sarah replied to my message? I suppose she_________ not have received it.(might/could/would)
7. Applications for the job must be received by 18 May.(have to/must)
8. I _______ work from 8.30 to 5.30 every day.(Must/Have to)
9. I went to the meeting yesterday, but I _______ leave early.(Must/Have to)
10. She expects that her son ______ return.
(a) can (b) may © must
11. If we request her, she ____ to college.
(a) must give a visit (b) might give a visit (c) can give a visit
12. All felt that he ______ be a cheat.
(a) may be (b) can be (c) might be
13. he son asked his mother if he _____ go out.
(a) can (b) may (c) might
14. We eat so that we ______ live.
(a) may (b) might (c) can
15. He went there so that he ______ borrow money.
(a) may (b) can (c) might
16. Since the keys are with my brother, I ______not lend you money.
(a) will (b) can (c) may
17. She told me that She _____ speak English
fluently and was very happy.
(a) can (b) could (c) might
18. _______ please help my son ?
(a) can (b) could (c) may
19. She told me that she _____go to Mumbai next month.
(a) will (b)would (c) should
20. He _______ go to college daily by bus in his
college days.
(a) should (B)would (c) will
21. Sarah ______ not have got my message otherwise she would have replied.
(a) could (b) might (c) may
22. If they paid me better, I ______ work harder.
(a) may (b) might (c) can
23. Tina ______ be working late tonight.
(a) could (b) may (c) can
24. It _______ be nice to have a barbecue.
(a) will (b) would (c) shall
25. In London she met the man that she _____ one day marry.
(a) will (b) should (c) would
26. I ______ love to live there.
(a) will (b) would (c) should
27. He has found a treasure in his old house. But you _______never know it.
(a) will (b) would (c) may
28. I _______ expect him to come.
(a) will (b) would (c) shall
30. They don't like me. I'm sure they wish I ______ resign.
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30. They don't like me. I'm sure they wish I ______ resign.
(a) will (b) shall (c) would
31. It ______ be very expensive to stay in a hotel.
32. I _______ give you a lift, but my wife has the car today.
33. I _______ give her a call if I could find her number.
34. If I had the money, I ______ buy a new car.
35. You _______ lose weight if you took more Exercise.
36. She knew everything about our plans. She _________ have listened to our conversation. (Must/Could/Might)
37. Alison looks happy about her exam results, so she _______ have done well.(must/may/might/could)
38. I couldn't/shouldn't possibly leave without paying.
39. That must/can not be the hotel John told us about.
40. You may/could be older than me, but that does not mean you are cleverer.
41. No member of this association must/shall remove official documents from these premises without written
permission.
42. I did not refuse the cake. It would/should have been rude.
43. I asked them to leave, but they might/would not go.
44. She just will/would not do the washing up when I ask her.
45. Seeds from the plants may/can grow up to 20 centimetres in length.
46. That’s not Kate's car. She ________(must/may/might/can) have borrowed it from her parents.
47. I _________ (should/ought to) leave early tomorrow if I were you.
48. John __________(will/would) be home by now. Let's go and see now.
49. All we _______(could/might) were his feet.
50. I _________(could/might) remember the crash, but nothing after that.
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