Modals Quiz 4
Modals Quiz 4
#1. Sally --------- Italian like a native, but since she moved to Indiana, she has forgotten most of it.
Answer : a) used to speak
#2. My sister --------- a German teacher because her German was fluent, but she decided to become an accountant instead
Answer : d) could have become
#3. Using the latest and most expensive technology, including nuclear batteries, space scientists --------- to the furthest reaches of our solar system now.
Answer : d) are able to probe
#4. I know you have a lot of work to do, but it is your own fault; you --------- everything until the last minute.
Answer : d) shouldn’t have left
#5. I'd rather you --------- out tonight because, according to the news, there could be trouble downtown.
Answer : c) didn’t go
#6. It is hardly surprising that sometimes he gets depressed and wonders if he really --------- married.
Answer : e) ought to have got
#7. Do you think Jeff --------- to join us on our hike? Does he like this sort of activity?
Answer : e) would like
#8. Mike couldn't attend university because he --------- his family when his father died.
Answer : a) had to support
#9. Our father never earned much money, but he --------- something nice for us whenever he --------- .
Answer : c) would buy/could
#10. I --------- a stockbroker if I had wanted to, but I thought life as a bass guitarist in a heavy metal band would be far more interesting.
Answer : d) could have become
#11. You --------- me at work. The boss was really angry because he had warned me before about personal calls.
Answer : b) shouldn’t have phoned
#12. You --------- your plane ticket so far in advance because flights to Birmingham are never full.
Answer : b) needn’t have bought
#13. There are some sounds that are out of the range of the human ear but which dogs --------- .
Answer : c) can hear
#14. Hawaii is such an expensive place to live and the wages are so low that you --------- very hard just to get by.
Answer : b) have to work
#15. I wonder what the problem was in the restaurant last night. Three members of staff --------- tables, but there was only one. I must speak to the restaurant manager.
Answer : c) should have been clearing
#16. While there seem to be plenty of unexploited petroleum reserves, some experts worry that there --------- .. enough to carry us through the next century.
Answer : a) may not be
#17. I told my flatmate to buy some bread, but he --------- because there isn't any here.
Answer : a) must have forgotten
#18. 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
#19. 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
#20. Petroleum deposits can occur almost anywhere — they --------- under deserts, under fertile land, or even under the sea.
Answer : b) may be
Results
Reading – Writing – Listening – Speaking – IELTS – should – have – shouldn’t – haven’t – hasn’t – Could – might
Reading – Writing – Listening – Speaking – IELTS – should – have – shouldn’t – haven’t – hasn’t – Could – might
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