Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary verb.
1. Somebody is knocking at the door. Who ..................... it be?
Can is used in questions and negative sentences to talk about logical possibility.
2. If they left home in the morning, they .............................. be here soon.
3. You ........................ park in front of the gate.
Modals do not take do to make questions and negatives.
4. You ......................... hurry. You have got plenty of time.
Needn't shows lack of necessity or obligation.
5. You ........................ hurry if you want to catch the train.
In affirmative sentences need is usually followed by a to-infinitive.
6. You ........................... not make a noise. The baby is sleeping.
7. You ............................. for me.
8. You can go. You ............................... wait.
9. Everything turned out all right. I ............................. so much.
When I say I needn't have worried, it means that I worried but it was not necessary.
10. Everything will be all right. You .................................... so much.
Please select 2 correct answers
11. I ............................. to go there, so I didn't.
12. You .............................. me up.
Answers
1. Somebody is knocking at the door. Who can it be?
2. If they left home in the morning, they must / should be here soon.
3. You must not park in front of the gate.
4. You needn’t hurry. You have got plenty of time.
5. You must hurry if you want to catch the train.
6. You must not make a noise. The baby is sleeping.
7. You need not wait / don’t need to wait for me.
8. You can go. You need not wait.
9. Everything turned out all right. I needn’t have worried so much.
10. Everything will be all right. You needn’t worry so much.
11. I didn’t need to go there, so I didn’t.
12. You needn’t have woken me up.
