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Modals Exercise

November 28, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary verb,

1. You ............................ go if you have finished your job.

Correct! Wrong!

Either may or might can be used to give permission.

2............................ I go now?

Correct! Wrong!

3. I ............................... not meet him so I left a message with his mother.

Correct! Wrong!

Use could to talk about past inability.

4. .............................. I ask you a question?

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either may or could can be used here.

5. ................................ you pass the salt?

Correct! Wrong!

Use could in polite requests.

6. You ............................... park here.

Correct! Wrong!

7. .............................. I leave my bags with you?

Correct! Wrong!

8. .............................. you give me a lift?

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either can or could is possible here.

9. You ................................ smoke on a plane.

Correct! Wrong!

Cannot shows inability.

10. She ................................. not come.

Correct! Wrong!

Either could be used here. Might shows less possibility than may.

11. Who .............................. it be?

Correct! Wrong!

Use can in questions to ask about logical possibility.

12. I ............................. not pass the test although I worked hard.

Correct! Wrong!

Use could to talk about past inability.

Answers

  1. You may / might go if you have finished your job.
  2. Can / May I go now?
  3. I could not meet him so I left a message with his mother.
  4. May / Could I ask you a question?
  5. Could you pass the salt?
  6. You cannot / may not park here.
  7. Can / Could I leave my bags with you?
  8. Can / Could you give me a lift?
  9. You cannot smoke on a plane.
  10. She may / might not come.
  11. Who can it be?
  12. I could not pass the test although I worked hard.
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