Modals Quiz 6
Modals Quiz 6
#1. The tyres of my car ---------------- thin already. I only replaced them in January. I'll have to buy better quality ones next time.
Answer : a) shouldn’t have worn
#2. I was falling asleep while I was typing my speech last night. The only way I ---------------- awake was by drinking lots of strong coffee.
Answer : e) could stay
#3. 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
#4. Please Mum, ---------------- I watch the film tonight? I have finished all my homework.
Answer : b) may
#5. My brother's eyesight is perfect, but I ---------------- glasses since I was seven years old.
Answer : e) have had to wear
#6. Trade is so poor these days! We ---------------- just two cars since I started working here a month ago.
Answer : a) have been able to sell
#7. Oh dear, we seem to have run out of salt. I ---------------- to the corner shop before dinner.
Answer : e) will have to go
#8. Ever since he took on this part-time job, he ---------------- enough time on his studies.
Answer : c) hasn’t been able to spend
#9. I .......... at a research centre but I decided to work for an oil company since the pay was much better.
a) could have worked
#10. 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
#11. Alfred ---------------- his ankle badly as we ---------------- in the mountains last Saturday.
Answer : d) sprained/were hiking
#12. A: Peter in the accounts department retired yesterday. B: He ---------------- permanently yesterday. I saw him at his desk only this morning. A: Oh, well, he had his retirement presentation yesterday, but perhaps that was because the Chairman was here. Maybe he is leaving on Friday.
Answer : a) can’t have left
#13. Jennifer ---------------- the promotion that she is expecting as she hasn't reached her sales target yet.
Answer : e) may not get
#14. I ---------------- to the office to send e-mail any longer. The company has bought me a lap top computer and a mobile phone which can be used for electronic mail and the Internet.
Answer : d) don’t have to return
#15. I was just about to buy a new pair when the police rang to say my handbag had been found with my glasses still inside, so I ---------------- a new pair after all.
Answer : e) didn’t need to buy
#16. Your mother ---------------- a restaurant. She is such a wonderful cook. If she opened a restaurant, I'm sure it would be full every night.
Answer : c) should open
#17. I'd like to have some people for dinner tonight, but it is too late to ask anyone because they ---------------- their plans already.
Answer : d) may have made
#18. 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
#19. I suppose I ---------------- to type his report for him, but, at the time, I didn't know how important it was.
Answer : c) could have offered
#20. A: Julester looks so slim. B: Has she been dieting? A: Not that I'm aware of. B: Well, she ---------------- very hard then. She goes horse-riding, doesn't she?
Answer : a) must have been exercising
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