Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliary verbs. Each question is followed by three suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.
Question 1
Help! He ………………………………………… be drowned, if no one saves him.
a) will
b) shall
c) should
Question 2
……………………………………………. I send an application?
a) will
b) would
c) should
Question 3
Pay your fees in time lest you …………………………………………. be fined.
a) shall
b) should
c) would
Question 4
If I were you, I ………………………………………….. do it.
a) wouldn’t
b) can’t
c) won’t
Question 5
That …………………………………….. have been a shooting star.
a) must
b) can
c) shall
Question 6
………………………………………….. you like to go to the pictures tonight?
a) would
b) should
c) may
Question 7
I think it ………………………………………… rain tonight.
a) will
b) shall
c) can
Question 8
…………………………………….. I wait any longer?
a) should
b) would
c) will
Question 9
…………………………………………… you be able to visit us tomorrow?
a) will
b) shall
c) should
Question 10
In my younger days I …………………………………………. run four miles at a stretch.
a) could
b) should
c) can
Answers
1. Help! He will be drowned if no one saves him.
2. Should I send an application?
3. Pay your fees in time, lest you should be fined.
4. If I were you, I wouldn’t do it.
5. That must have been a shooting star.
6. Would you like to go to the pictures tonight?
7. I think it will rain tonight.
8. Should I wait any longer?
9. Will you be able to visit us tomorrow?
10. In my younger days, I could run four miles at a stretch.
