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Modals Quiz 8

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Modals Quiz 8

#1. 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

#2. A: ---------------- we drive to Sultan Ahmet in our new car? B: Well, I---------------- take the ferry to avoid the traffic.

Answer : d) Shall/would sooner

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. A: Why is Mum still in hospital? She ---------------- home today. B: They wanted to do some more tests.

Answer : b) was supposed to come


#6. Now that they have raised the prices at the gym, I---------------- going there, or I'll have difficulty paying it.

Answer : c) had better stop

#7. Would you mind if I ---------------- these trade magazines home to read? I never get time to read them in the office.

Answer : b) took

#8. George ---------------- better in the tennis tournament than I thought he ---------------- because he got through to the finals.

Answer : a) must have played/could

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

Answer : a) was supposed to land

#10. 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


#11. ---------------- you hold this shelf here while I go and get my hammer?

Answer : d) Will

#12. Please Mum, ---------------- I watch the film tonight? I have finished all my homework.

Answer : b) may

#13. ---------------- you do me a favour please? ---------------- you ask Mrs Green if the interview room is available?

Answer : e) Could/Would

#14. I can't understand why Dad is now so careful with his money. He ---------------- such a generous person.

Answer : c) used to be

#15. 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


#16. 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

#17. You ---------------- so envious of your brother. He is so successful because, unlike you, he works extremely hard.

Answer : d) shouldn’t

#18. 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

#19. 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

#20. According to their letter, we ---------------- them, with a copy of our company's accounts before we can order any cars on contract hire.

Answer : b) have to supply


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The tyres of my car —————- thin already. I only replaced them in January. I’ll have to buy better quality ones next time.

a) shouldn’t have worn
b) needn’t have worn
c) didn’t wear
d) aren’t supposed to wear
e) haven’t worn

Answer : a) shouldn’t have worn

According to their letter, we —————- them, with a copy of our company’s accounts before we can order any cars on contract hire.

a) have supplied
b) have to supply
c) may have supplied
d) used to supply
e) had supplied

Answer : b) have to supply

I suppose I —————- to type his report for him, but, at the time, I didn’t know how important it was.

a) have had to offer
b) may have offered
c) could have offered
d) would rather offer
e) was able to offer

Answer : c) could have offered

A: Why is Mum still in hospital? She —————- home today.
B: They wanted to do some more tests.

a) must have come
b) was supposed to come
c) had better come
d) used to come
e) may have come

Answer : b) was supposed to come

I’d like to have some people for dinner tonight, but it is too late to ask anyone because they —————- their plans already.

a) had better make
b) used to make
c) are making
d) may have made
e) can make

Answer : d) may have made

George —————- better in the tennis tournament than I thought he —————- because he got through to the finals.

a) must have played/could
b) will have played/ought to
c) should be playing/did
d) ought to play/can
e) had better play/should

Answer : a) must have played/could

Ever since he took on this part-time job, he —————- enough time on his studies.

a) can’t spend
b) isn’t able to spend
c) hasn’t been able to spend
d) wasn’t able to spend
e) couldn’t spend

Answer : c) hasn’t been able to spend

Now that they have raised the prices at the gym, I—————- going there, or I’ll have difficulty paying it.

a) must have stopped
b) used to stop
c) had better stop
d) might have stopped
e) had stopped

Answer : c) had better stop

My brother’s eyesight is perfect, but I —————- glasses since I was seven years old.

a) ought to wear
b) must have worn
c) have to wear
d) had better wear
e) have had to wear

Answer : e) have had to wear

Would you mind if I —————- these trade magazines home to read? I never get time to read them in the office.

a) to take
b) took
c) am taking
d) taking
e) have taken

Answer : b) took
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