Modal verbs

I. Choose the suitable modal verb.

1. I have no time. I …………… leave now or I …………………  miss the bus.

2. I wish I …………………… buy a new mobile phone but I don't have enough money.

3. Judy is not at home. She ……………..  have gone to Madrid, I don't know.

4. Tom ……………….. play tennis quite well. I usually play with him every weekend.

5. …………… we go out tonight, please? Yes, but you ……………. be late.

6. I haven't decided yet where I ……………… go in my next holidays. I think I

…………….  go to Paris.

7.  ……………… you water my plants while I am away? If they don't get enough water

they …………… certainly die.

8. Jack ………………… come to our wedding, but we aren't sure.

9. We …………………… pay the fees at the fixed time.

10. ………………….. you speak German? No, I …………………

11. Jane …………….. not play the violin when she was five, but now she ………………

play it very well.

12. It's a hospital. You ………………….. smoke.

13. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He ……………………………. be tired

after such haed work. He ……………………………. prefer to get some rest.

14. The teacher said we …………………..  read this book for our own pleasure as it is

optional. But we …………………….. read it if we don't want to.

15. Drivers …………………………….. stop when the traffic lights are red

II. Choose the most appropriate answer for expressing the idea

specified in parentheses.

1. Whose book is this? – I am not sure. It  ………………………..     be Anna's.

(Possibility)

a. Might b. Must

2. She   ………………………    home yesterday because her little son was sick.

(Necessity)

a. Have to stay b. must have stayed

3. You   ……………………    leave work at 3:30 today. (Permission)

a. Can b. might

4. The windows look clean. You    ……………………………   wash them. (Absence of

necessity)

a. Can’t b. don’t have to

5. Whose car is this? – It   ……………………..    be Anton's. I think I saw him driving a

red car like this one. (Strong probability)

a. Might b. must

6. I don't believe it. It   …………………………    be true. (Impossibility)

a. Can’ t b. mustn’t