This grammar exercise tests your ability to use modal auxiliary verbs correctly.
Complete the following sentences using appropriate modal auxiliary verbs.
1If you are the owner of this bull, you ............... be able to tell us which of its eyes is blind.
Wrong!
Use "should" to show that something is expected or reasonable in this situation.
2I ............... do something to help them.
Wrong!
Use "must" to show a strong personal obligation or necessity.
3............... you come with me?
Wrong!
Use "Will" to make a simple request or invitation.
4The traveller felt that he ............... be going on, but pity held him back.
Wrong!
Use "ought to" to show what the traveller felt was the right or expected action.
5............... I open the window?
Wrong!
Use "Should" to ask for advice or approval about what to do.
6If they started in the morning, they ............... be here soon.
Wrong!
Use "should" to express an expectation based on the starting time.
7In the not-so-distant future, humans ............... colonize Mars.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"May" and "could" both express future possibility in this sentence.
8You ............... work overtime to make up for it.
Wrong!
Use "must" to express a strong obligation to work overtime.
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- If you are the owner of this bull, you should be able to tell us which of its eyes is blind.
- I must do something to help them.
- Will you come with me?
- The traveller felt that he ought to be going on, but pity held him back.
- Should I open the window?
- If they started in the morning, they should be here soon.
- In the not-so-distant future, humans may / could colonize Mars.
- You must work overtime to make up for it.