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Modals Quiz 10

Modals Quiz 10

#1. A: Why is she still perspiring? She ---------------- too hot — I've taken herjuniper off. B: In that case, she ---------------- a fever. You'd better take her temperature.

Answer : a) can’t be/must have

#2. I'm glad that you ---------------- your father to let you come on this trip with us. It wouldn't be so enjoyable without you!

Answer : d) were able to persuade

#3. Just as my daughter was about to leave the house on her wedding day, my son spilt some tea on her dress. Fortunately, we ---------------- the stain with some special soap before the wedding took place.

Answer : a) were able to remove

#4. A: I wonder why Mary didn't want to come shopping in Oxford Street with us. B: I don't know. She ---------------- short of money these days because her new kitchen cost her a lot of money.

Answer : e) could be

#5. A: I can't believe Jane isn't here to collect her award. B: She ---------------- the invitation. We definitely should have checked that she had got it.

Answer : e) must not have received


#6. You ---------------- your own canoe in order to join the canoe club. They cost a lot of money. You ---------------- mine whenever you want to go canoeing.

Answer : c) needn’t buy/can borrow

#7. Jennifer ---------------- the promotion that she is expecting as she hasn't reached her sales target yet.

Answer : e) may not get

#8. He is so poor now it's hard to believe that when he was young, he ---------------- down the street in his Rolls Royce or sometimes his Jaguar car.

Answer : b) would drive

#9. A: Is Julian not visiting Aunt May with us today? B: Well, he's been called out to an emergency, but he ---------------- us there if he finishes early.

Answer : d) might join

#10. I really miss Istanbul, where I lived when I was younger. On summer evenings, we ---------------- along the coast by the Sea of Marmara when the Sun was setting behind Kınalıada.

Answer : c) would walk


#11. A: What were you doing at the bank yesterday? B: I ---------------- my bank manager for a loan to repair our house, and luckily, I managed to get it.

Answer : c) had to ask

#12. A: Did you speak to Sam about the plans for the cake sale to raise money for charity? B: Yes, I did and she ---------------- bake some biscuits and cakes if she has time.

Answer : a) might be able to

#13. You ---------------- some more appointments to get some more business. You're never going to achieve your sales target at this rate.

Answer : c) should make

#14. We ---------------- offices soon. I saw the boss this morning viewing the new office block next to the station.

Answer : d) may be moving

#15. This steak is a little undercooked for my taste. ---------------- putting it back under the grill for another five minutes?

Answer : b) Would you mind


#16. A: Did you have a busy day at the shop? If you did, you ---------------- rushed off your feet without me there. B: No, I wasn't. It was quite a quiet day.

Answer : a) must have been

#17. During the strike of the railway workers, many commuters ---------------- a taxi to and from work by coming three or four people together so that they could afford it.

Answer : b) had to hire

#18. Alfred ---------------- his ankle badly as we ---------------- in the mountains last Saturday.

Answer : d) sprained/were hiking

#19. Our plane ---------------- in Cairo hours ago, but we haven't even taken off from Heathrow yet.

Answer : a) was supposed to land

#20. I am really surprised that Robby hasn't signed up yet for the skiing holiday this year. He ---------------- the first to book every year.

Answer : e) used to be


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Modals Quiz 10

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You —————- a tie on Friday. They don’t let men into the restaurant unless they are wearing a tie.

a) would wear
b) must wear
c) can wear
d) may wear
e) could wear

Answer : b) must wear

Jennifer —————- the promotion that she is expecting as she hasn’t reached her sales target yet.

a) shouldn’t have got
b) hadn’t got
c) didn’t use to get
d) wasn’t getting
e) may not get

Answer : e) may not get

Mum, according to what the doctor instructed you to do, you —————- any salt on your food, you know! If you insist on eating that much salt, you’re bound to have another heart attack!

a) needn’t have put
b) didn’t use to put
c) haven’t put
d) don’t have to put
e) aren’t supposed to put

Answer : e) aren’t supposed to put

Alfred —————- his ankle badly as we —————- in the mountains last Saturday.

a) used to sprain/hiked
b) has sprained/could be hiking
c) must have sprained/have hiked
d) sprained/were hiking
e) may sprain/have been hiking

Answer : d) sprained/were hiking

—————- I look after Katie for a couple of hours so that you and Kevin can go to the cinema?

a) Would
b) Let
c) Do
d) Did
e) Shall

Answer : e) Shall

During the strike of the railway workers, many commuters —————- a taxi to and from work by coming three or four people together so that they could afford it.

a) have been hiring
b) had to hire
c) ought to hire
d) will be hiring
e) might hire

Answer : b) had to hire

We —————- by the river, but unfortunately, the riverside car park was full.

a) should be parking
b) had parked
c) had better park
d) were going to park
e) are supposed to park

Answer : d) were going to park

You —————- some more appointments to get some more business. You’re never going to achieve your sales target at this rate.

a) used to make
b) were making
c) should make
d) have made
e) would make

Answer : c) should make

You haven’t got time to do the gardening. I think you —————- a gardener, don’t you think so?

a) ought to employ
b) have employed
c) are employing
d) must have employed
e) employed

Answer : a) ought to employ

I’m glad that you —————- your father to let you come on this trip with us. It wouldn’t be so enjoyable without you!

a) must have persuaded
b) could have persuaded
c) might be persuading
d) were able to persuade
e) used to persuade

Answer : d) were able to persuade

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