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Modals Quiz 3

Modals Quiz 3

#1. These days, he --------- to stop smoking and playing cards as well because his wife is so strict with him, so his life will have changed completely soon.

Answer : b) is trying

#2. Sally --------- Italian like a native, but since she moved to Indiana, she has forgotten most of it.

Answer : a) used to speak

#3. You --------- to bed early the night before an exam. A good night's sleep will do you more good than studying all night and then falling asleep in the exam.

Answer : c) ought to go

#4. Petroleum deposits can occur almost anywhere — they --------- under deserts, under fertile land, or even under the sea.

Answer : b) may be

#5. He --------- as carefully as he claimed he was. Why did he bump into the lamp post then?

Answer : e) can’t have been driving

#6. A: I hear a noise coming from the kitchen. B: My greedy brother --------- for something to eat.

Answer : a) must be looking

#7. I'm so glad that I --------- to the meeting place on time yesterday despite the heavy traffic, or the boss would have been really annoyed.

Answer : a) was able to get

#8. We had better hurry if we want to get back to the hotel before the curfew. No one --------- out after dark, except for the patrol forces, you know.

Answer : b) is supposed to be

#9. I'd really rather --------- in Hawaii at the moment than stuck behind this desk all day.

Answer : e) be surfing

#10. In Iran and Saudi Arabia, all women --------- their heads outside of the house, but in most Muslim countries it is optional.

Answer : a) have to cover

#11. Wilber --------- smoking and eating meat after his heart attack, but he didn't and now he has had a second one.

Answer : a) should have stopped

#12. You --------- the meeting this week if you are too busy. There is going to be another one next week and you --------- to that one.

Answer : b) needn’t attend/can go

#13. Today no one can imagine what a battle at sea was like in the days of sail. It --------- both an impressive and a frightening sight.

Answer : e) must have been

#14. A friend of mine told me that I --------- India in the summer, because that is the monsoon season, when it is both too hot and too wet.

Answer : e) shouldn’t visit

#15. I thought that I had my keys with me, but I can't find them in my coat. I --------- them in my other coat.

Answer : d) must have left

#16. My sister --------- a German teacher because her German was fluent, but she decided to become an accountant instead

Answer : d) could have become

#17. Now remember, when you are in the race, you --------- to run too fast in the first few laps because you will need plenty of energy for the final sprint

Answer : c) mustn’t try

#18. You --------- more carefully. Now the insurance company won't pay you anything because the accident was your fault.

Answer : d) ought to have been driving

#19. I know I --------- for a job, but there are so few jobs for a person of my abilities that it is discouraging.

Answer : b) ought to look

#20. The former president never --------- to the press, but this one is much more accessible.

Answer : e) used to talk

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Modals – Reading – Writing – Listening – Speaking – IELTS – should – have – shouldn’t – haven’t – hasn’t –  Could – might

Modals – Reading – Writing – Listening – Speaking – IELTS – should – have – shouldn’t – haven’t – hasn’t –  Could – might

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Mike couldn’t attend university because he ——— his family when his father died.

a) had to support
b) must have supported
c) could be supporting
d) has been supporting
e) will have supported

Answer : a) had to support

Petroleum deposits can occur almost anywhere — they ——— under deserts, under fertile land, or even under the sea.

a) ought to be
b) may be
c) must be
d) were
e) should have been

Answer : b) may be

Using the latest and most expensive technology, including nuclear batteries, space scientists ——— to the furthest reaches of our solar system now.

a) were probing
b) may have probed
c) used to probe
d) are able to probe
e) must have probed

Answer : d) are able to probe

Now remember, when you are in the race, you ——— to run too fast in the first few laps because you will need plenty of energy for the final sprint

a) haven’t tried
b) shouldn’t have tried
c) mustn’t try
d) might not try
e) didn’t use to try

Answer : c) mustn’t try

There are some sounds that are out of the range of the human ear but which dogs ———.

a) ought to hear
b) have heard
c) can hear
d) have to hear
e) used to hear

Answer : c) can hear

My sister ——— .. a German teacher because her German was fluent, but she decided to become an accountant instead

a) has become
b) had to become
c) will become
d) could have become
e) must have become

Answer : d) could have become

You ——— me at work. The boss was really angry because he had warned me before about personal calls.

a) must not have phoned
b) shouldn’t have phoned
c) didn’t phone
d) didn’t use to phone
e) can’t have phoned

Answer : b) shouldn’t have phoned

Sally ——— Italian like a native, but since she moved to Indiana, she has forgotten most of it.

a) used to speak
b) had spoken
c) was supposed to speak
d) has been speaking
e) must have spoken

Answer : a) used to speak

While there seem to be plenty of unexploited petroleum reserves, some experts worry that there ——— .. enough to carry us through the next century.

a) may not be
b) haven’t been
c) didn’t use to be
d) don’t have to be
e) had better not be

Answer : a) may not be

Today no one can imagine what a battle at sea was like in the days of sail. It ——— both an impressive and a frightening sight.

a) might be
b) could be
c) ought to be
d) has been
e) must have been

Answer : e) must have been

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