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Modal auxiliaries Exercise

July 25, 2016 - B1pdf

Choose the correct option and complete the following sentences.

Progress 0 of 10 answered
1I’m busy tomorrow, so I don’t think that I ............... be able to come.
Wrong!
Use "will" to talk about future ability with "be able to."
2He ............... not pay unless he is compelled.
Wrong!
Use "will" here to show refusal or unwillingness.
3You ............... be punctual.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Should" and "ought to" both give advice about the right thing to do.
4You always tell me at the last minute. I wish you ............... tell me earlier.
Wrong!
Use "would" after "I wish" to complain about someone’s repeated behaviour.
5............... I help you?
Wrong!
Use "Shall" with "I" to make an offer.
6............... you help me with this, please?
Wrong!
Use "Would" to make a polite request.
7Before he moved abroad, he said that I ............... visit him at any time.
Wrong!
Use "might" as the reported form of "may" in past reported speech.
8If you ............... see her, give her my love.
Wrong!
Use "should" after "if" for a less likely or more formal condition.
9He is so afraid of losing his job that he ............... ask for a raise.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Dare not" and "doesn't dare to" both mean that he is too afraid to do it.
10I ............... him, so I phoned him.
Wrong!
Use "didn't need to see" when the action was unnecessary and did not happen.
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  1. I’m busy tomorrow, so I don’t think that I will be able to come.
  2. He will not pay unless he is compelled.
  3. You should / ought to be punctual.
  4. You always tell me at the last minute. I wish you would tell me earlier.
  5. Shall I help you?
  6. Would you help me with this, please?
  7. Before he moved abroad, he said that I might visit him at any time.
  8. If you should see her, give her my love.
  9. He is so afraid of losing his job that he dare not / doesn’t dare to ask for a raise.
  10. I didn’t need to see him, so I phoned him.
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