Fill in the blanks.
1The room ............... accommodate up to ten people.
Wrong!
Use "can" to show that the room has the capacity to hold ten people.
2Where ............... I buy used computers?
Wrong!
Use "can" to ask where it is possible to buy used computers.
3Who ............... solve this puzzle?
Wrong!
Use "can" to ask who has the ability to solve the puzzle.
4I ............... be working late tonight.
Wrong!
Use "will" to talk about a future action or arrangement here.
5If she left home at six, she ............... be here soon.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "should" or "ought to" to show an expected result based on the situation.
6He said that he ............... not come.
Wrong!
Use "would" as the past form of "will" in reported speech.
7I hear you visited Malaysia last week. That ............... have been nice.
Wrong!
Use "must" to express a strong logical conclusion about the past.
8"There is the doorbell." "I ............... go."
Wrong!
Use "will" for a decision made at the moment of speaking.
9It ............... rain any time now.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "may" or "might" to express possibility about the future.
10You ............... have waited for me.
Wrong!
Use "need not" before "have waited" to say that waiting was unnecessary.
11Who ............... it be?
Wrong!
Use "can" in this question to ask about possible identity.
12That ............... be James. He is in Mexico.
Wrong!
Use "can't" to express a strong negative conclusion.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- The room can accommodate up to ten people.
- Where can I buy used computers?
- Who can solve this puzzle?
- I will be working late tonight.
- If she left home at six, she should / ought to be here soon.
- He said that he would not come.
- I hear you visited Malaysia last week. That must have been nice.
- “There is the doorbell.” “I will go.”
- It may / might rain any time now.
- You need not have waited for me.
- Who can it be?
- That can’t be James. He is in Mexico.