Modals Quiz 13
Modals Quiz 13
#1. Would you mind ————— your cigarette smoke in my face? It is getting on my nerves.
Answer : c) not blowing
#2. I think Victoria ————— to the party, although she really wants to, because she is flying to Paris the next day and has to pack her things.
Answer : a) may not come
#3. Since the day his manager transferred him to the foundry section of the steel works, he ————— safety goggles.
Answer : b) has had to wear
#4. I’d rather ————— the match on television than here in the pouring rain. I’m sure we’ll all catch a cold!
Answer : e) be watching
#5. I only had a brief chat with Mary at the bus stop, so I ————— to ask her how she ————— on in her new job.
Answer : b) forgot/was getting
#6. Our father ————— a small present for me and my sister every month when he ————— his salary.
Answer : d) would buy/received
#7. Cellulose is indigestible by humans, but herbivores, such as cows and horses, ————— it because they retain it long enough for digestion by microorganisms present in their digestive systems.
Answer : a) can digest
#8. In parts of Africa women still————— water a long way to their villages.
Answer : d) have to carry
#9. Using lasers to produce extremely short and repeatable pulses of light, today scientists ————— events happening in time intervals as short as l. trillionth of a second.
Answer : e) are able to measure
#10. As a single woman, Lucy ————— quite a lot of money on clothes, jewellery and cosmetics, but now married with two children, she can’t spare so much money on them.
Answer : d) would spend
#11. The company had sent the advertisement to the newspaper when they realised they’d mistyped the salary they were offering for the position. Luckily, they ————— the newspaper to correct their mistake before they printed it.
Answer : b) were able to ask
#12. refused to give my son any money for the ‘Mega Death’ sweatshirt he wants to buy, but I’m sure he’ll try to get some from his grandmother. I’d really rather she ————— him the money, because I don’t want him to wear such an awful thing.
Answer : a) didn’t lend
#13. Do you think he ————— to watch the match with us? I know he enjoys football.
Answer : e) would like
#14. When their baby was born, Lucy ————— up work until they found someone to look after the baby.
Answer : c) had to give
#15. You ————— your children some freedom; otherwise, they will resent you.
Answer : b) must allow
#16. We ————— the football match on television yesterday, but we ————— because there was a power cut.
Answer : c) were going to watch/couldn’t
#17. A: I missed this week’s episode of ‘The Simpsons’. What happened? B: I don’t know. I don’t watch it any more. A: Why not? I thought you were a fan of the show like me. B: Yes. I ————— it three times a week, but now I go to German lessons every night.
Answer : a) used to watch
#18. You ————— for the cocktail party after the conference if you are worried about arriving home late.
Answer : b) don’t have to stay
#19. James will book the hotel rooms for the German representatives and you ————— them at the airport at eight o’clock. Is that clear?
Answer : c) are to meet
#20. A: Jack doesn’t work for a computer company, so why has he gone to the computer exhibition? B: I don’t know. He ————— interested in buying a computer to use at home or perhaps he is thinking of starting his own company.
Answer : e) could be
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