Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary verb.
1Somebody is knocking at the door. Who ............... it be?
Wrong!
Use "can" to ask who the person at the door could possibly be.
2If they left home in the morning, they ............... be here soon.
Wrong!
Use "should" to say what you expect to happen: they left in the morning, so you expect them to arrive soon.
3You ............... park in front of the gate.
Wrong!
Use "must not" to say that parking in front of the gate is prohibited.
4You ............... hurry. You have got plenty of time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "needn't" and "don't need to" show that hurrying is not necessary.
5You ............... hurry if you want to catch the train.
Wrong!
Use "must" to show that hurrying is necessary if you want to catch the train.
6You ............... not make a noise. The baby is sleeping.
Wrong!
Use "must" with "not" to give a strong prohibition.
7I'll find my own way home, so you ............... wait for me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "need not" and "don't need to" mean waiting for me is not necessary.
8You can go. You ............... wait.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "need not" and "don't need to" mean waiting is not necessary.
9Everything turned out all right. I ............... so much.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "needn't have worried" when you worried, but it was unnecessary. "Didn't need to worry" is also possible, because it simply says the worry was not necessary.
10Everything will be all right. You ............... so much.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "needn't worry" and "don't need to worry" mean worrying is not necessary now.
11I ............... to go there, so I didn't.
Wrong!
Use "didn't need" before "to go" to show the action was not necessary and did not happen.
12I had already set my alarm, so you ............... me up, but thanks anyway.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "needn't have woken" when you woke me, but it was unnecessary. "Didn't need to wake" is also possible, because it simply says the action was not necessary.
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- Somebody is knocking at the door. Who can it be?
- If they left home in the morning, they should be here soon.
- You must not park in front of the gate.
- You needn’t / don’t need to hurry. You have got plenty of time.
- You must hurry if you want to catch the train.
- You must not make a noise. The baby is sleeping.
- I’ll find my own way home, so you need not / don’t need to wait for me.
- You can go. You need not / don’t need to wait.
- Everything turned out all right. I didn’t need to worry / needn’t have worried so much.
- Everything will be all right. You needn’t worry / don’t need to worry so much.
- I didn’t need to go there, so I didn’t.
- I had already set my alarm, so you didn’t need to wake / needn’t have woken me up, but thanks anyway.