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32. I ___ not translate this text yesterday. ___ you help me to translate it

tonight?
A) could / can

B) can / can

C) may / may

D) had to / could

E) can / must

33. Does Larry ___ leave home at 7.30?

A) have to

B) must

C) has to

D) need

E)  should

34. -___ any of you speak Italian?

-No, but we are learning it and I hope we ___ speak it next year.
A) must / will have to

B) may / have got to

C) can / shall be able to

D) could / could

E) might / had to

35. - ___ I take your pen for a moment?

- Certainly.
A) must

B) may

C) might

D) should

E) will

36. I ___ speak English last year but I ___ do it now.

A) must / can

B) could / can

C) might / may

D) couldn’t / can

E) might / could

37. Mother, ___ I go for a walk? I’ve done all my work.

A) have to

B) am to

C) may

D) must

E) might

38. I was ill and ___ go to school for some days.

A) can’t

B) must

C) could

D) couldn’t

E) can

39. - ___ we do this work now?

- ___ . You can do it tomorrow.
A) Can / Yes, you can

B) Must / No, you needn’t

C) May / Yes, you may

D) Could / Yes, you must

E) Might / No, you might not

40. “___ I do anything for you?”, the secretary asked the stranger.

A) can

B) had to

C)  must

D) have to

E) am

41. - ___ we finish our work today?

- No, you ___ .
A) Can / couldn’t

B) May / can

C) Have to / can

D) Must / needn’t

E) Had / needn’t

42. I ___ go to the library for books as I often write compositions at school.

A) can

B) could

C) may

D) might

E) have to

43. It ___ rain this afternoon.

A) had to

B) may

C) is able to

D) could

E)  might

44. ___ the director receive me now?

A) Have to

B) Is able

C) Can

D) Is to

E) Has to

45. Who ___ help him at 2 yesterday?

A) have to

B) is to

C) can

D) need

E) had to

46. I said that after all that had happened I ___ run away to my aunt’s.

A) could

B) might

C) had to

D) need

E) was able to

47. - ___ I go to the cinema?

- No, you ___ . The film is for grown ups.
A) may / mustn’t

B) can / needn’t

C) could / can’t

D) must / may not

E) shall / haven’t

48. Teacher: “You ___ ring me up when you ___ my advice.

A) could / need

B) may / need

C) can / will need

D) must / needed

E) have to / need

49. “Never put off till tomorrow what you ___ do today.”

A) have to

B) must

C) might

D) can

E)  should

50. -I ___ understand the rule; ___ I take the examination another

time?
-Yes, of course.
A) could / can

B) may / may

C) can’t / may

D) mustn’t / must

E) may / can

51. Pupils ___ speak only English at their English lessons.

A) must not

B) must

C) cannot

D) has to

E) had to

52. The lecturer mentioned the name of the town several times, but

unfortunately I ___ remember it.
A) can

B) could

C) may

D) could not

E) may not

53. -Must I do this exercise too?

-No, you ___ . It isn’t necessary.
A) can’t

B) may not

C) mustn’t

D) needn’t

E) oughtn’t to

54. Mother, look, I ___ skate well.

A) can

B) may

C)  must

D) have to

E) ought to

55. I’m sorry you ___ smoke here.

A) had to

B) can’t

C) could

D) must

E) have to

56. We ___ protect our nature from pollution.

A)  need

B) had to

C) are to

D) may

E)  must

57. He is very helpless, I ___ help him.

A) need

B) might

C) have to

D) can

E) may

58. Excuse me, ___ you tell me the time?

A) may

B) must

C) might

D) can

E) are able to

59. My grandfather’s ill and I ___ go to see him today, I ___ go with

you.
A) can / can’t

B) have to / can’t

C) may / have to

D) need / must

E) be able to / may not

60. The Browns ___ not return on Sunday, as the weather was bad.

A) may

B) could

C) have to

D) must

E) can’t

61. I looked through this book about 2 hours, but ___ find anything

interesting.
A) can’t

B) couldn’t

C) had to

D) can

E) hadn’t to

62. You ___ do this for it’s necessary.

A) may

B) can

C) have to

D) has

E) could

63. You ___ work hard at your English.

A) must

B) mustn’t

C) can’t

D) has to

E) may not

64. We ___ read much in the original if we want to learn a foreign

language.
A) had to

B) can

C)  must

D) may

E) could

65. We ___ do it by midday if we had the instruments.

A) may

B) can

C)  must

D) could

E)  might

66. You ___ get a visa before you go abroad next summer.

A) may

B) can

C) could

D) have to

E) will have to

Modals

Book 1 Part C

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400 questions in English Grammar

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