Complete the following sentences using appropriate modal auxiliary verbs. The meaning that you need to convey is given in the brackets.
1You ............... not spit on the road.
Wrong!
Use "must" with not to express prohibition.
2You ............... not steal.
Wrong!
Use "must" with not to express prohibition.
3She ............... behave herself.
Wrong!
Use "must" to express strong necessity.
4We ............... obey the rules.
Wrong!
Use "should" to express obligation or the right thing to do.
5If you have finished your job, you ............... go.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "may" or "can" to give permission.
6I ............... speak four languages.
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Use "can" to express present ability.
7She ............... read when she was just three years old.
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Use "could" to express general ability in the past.
8He ............... stand on his head.
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Use "can" to express present ability.
9My grandmother is eighty. She ............... still read without glasses.
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Use "can" to express present ability.
10............... I borrow your camera?
Select 2 answers.
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Use "Can" or "May" to ask for permission.
11"I’m starving." "I ............... get you something to eat."
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Use "will" to express willingness or an immediate offer.
Answers
- You must not spit on the road.
- You must not steal.
- She must behave herself.
- We should obey the rules.
- If you have finished your job, you may / can go.
- I can speak four languages.
- She could read when she was just three years old.
- He can stand on his head.
- My grandmother is eighty. She can still read without glasses.
- Can / May I borrow your camera?
- “I’m starving.” “I will get you something to eat.”