Modal Auxiliary Verbs Exercise

Fill in the blanks.

1. She ……………………. come today. (complete certainty)

2. There is the phone. I …………………….. go. (willingness)

3. She ……………………….. be here soon. (possibility)

4. She ………………………… recognize you. (possibility)

5. Who knows? I ………………………… be a millionaire one day. (weak possibility)

Select 2 answers.

6. Glass ………………………… be blown. (Theoretical possibility)

7. All employees ………………………… arrive for work by 8 o’clock. (obligation)

8. South India ………………………… be quite warm in April. (Habitual possibility)

9. If she arrived now, we ………………………. ask her help. (Conditional possibility)

10. All children ………………………… be difficult. (Habitual possibility)

11. You ………………………… go now. (prohibition)

Select 2 answers.

12. You …………………………. work on Sundays. (Absence of obligation)