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67. If you want to improve your English you ___ work very hard.

A) can

B) may

C) are able to

D) had to

E)  must

68. You’ve been traveling all day. You ___ be very tired.

A) must

B) can’t

C) might

D) ought to

E)  shouldn’t

69. My eyesight isn’t very good. I ___ wear glasses for reading.

A) might

B) have to

C) can

D) may

E) could

70. He said that I ___ look around.

A) might

B) may

C) can

D) has to

E) is able to

71. He ___ agree with your suggestion.

A) may not

B) need

C) are able to

D) are to

E) have to

72. My son fell ill yesterday, I ___ stay at home.

A) must

B) can

C) may

D) need

E) had to

73. I will not read this book, you ___ do it if you want.

A) can

B) might

C) have to

D) can’t

E)  must

74. ___ you show me those black shoes? How much are they?

A) may

B) must

C) can

D) have to

E) will have to

75. I ___ leave the party early last night, because I wasn’t very well.

A) must

B) may

C) could

D) have to

E) had to

76. She ___ lift me up with one hand.

A) may

B) need

C) can

D) to have to

E) to be able to

77. You ___ work if you don ‘t want to.

A) must not

B) can’t

C) needn’t

D) must

E) has to

78. You ___ come and have dinner with us some day.

A) was able to

B) could

C) has to

D) is to

E) must

79. It was very difficult to hear. I ___ understand what she was

saying.
A) can’t

B) may not

C) wasn’t able to

D) couldn’t

E) could

80. The teacher told us that we ___ work harder at our English.

A) have

B) must

C) could

D) may

E) had to

81. A little girl comes up to her mother and asks if she ___ go to the

park with her friend.
A) couldn’t

B) can’t

C) must

D) may

E) has to

82. If you are ill and ___ go to school you ___ learn everything what

you have missed.
A) can / must

B) can’t / must

C) may / can

D) has to / may

E) can’t / might

83. The dog had run away and the children ___ find it though they

were looking for it the whole day.
A) can

B) can’t

C) could

D) may

E) could not

84. As Mr. John hadn’t got the dictionary at hand, he ___ guess the

meaning of the word.
A) should

B) can

C) has to

D) must

E) had to

85. Mark Twain ___ easily ___ across the Mississippi River.

A) must / swim

B) had to / swam

C) may / swim

D) would / to swim

E) could / swim

86. It was late but the pupils ___ stay at school for an additional

lesson.
A) could

B) must

C) had to

D) needed

E) might

87. The children have done their homework. I think they ___ have a

rest now.
A) may

B) might

C) are

D) could

E) will be able to

88. -Shall I retell the text?

-___ . You can only translate it.
A) Yes, you will.

B) Do, please.

C) No, you didn’t.

D) No, you needn’t.

E) Yes, you may.

89. Patient: Must I go to the hospital?

Doctor: No, you ___ . You ___ stay at home.
A) can’t / had to

B) mustn’t / had to

C) needn’t / may

D) are able to / can

E) shouldn’t / might

90. It ___ rain today. There are so many clouds in the sky.

A) can

B) has to

C) may

D) should

E) mustn’t

91. I understood that he ___ never ___ back.

A) will / come

B) doesn’t / came

C) won’t / home

D) would / come

E) wouldn’t / come

92. My son is ill so I ___ stay at home.

A) mustn’t

B) has to

C) can

D) may

E) have to

93. Must I do it? No, you ___ . It isn’t necessary.

A) couldn’t

B) may not

C) needn’t

D) can’t

E) shouldn’t

94. I feel sick and tired. So I ___ go to school.

A) can

B) could

C) haven’t to

D) am not able to

E) am able to

95. He was very poor and ___ marry a woman eight years older than

himself.
A) must

B) could

C) needed

D) had to

E)  might

96. Children ___ go to school at the age of 7.

A) can

B) must

C) may

D) has to

E) could

97. - ___ I trouble you for a moment?

- Yes, certainly. What ___ I do for you?
A) can / might

B) may / can

C) must / may

D) could / may

E) can / must

98. He ___ know her address. Ask him.

A) need

B) must

C) could

D) might

E) have to

99. You knew he was ill. You ___ have visited him.

A) can

B) might

C)  need

D) have to

E) may

100. May I take this pen? No, you ___ .

A) can

B) may

C)  mustn’t

D) need

E) haven’t to

101. -”What’s happened to the dog? It isn’t here.”

-”Dan ___ have taken it with him.”
A) had to

B) was to

C)  might

D) may

E) could

102. You ___ give it back to me before you go.

A) might

B) couldn’t

C) must

D) need

E) had to

Book 1 Part C

Modals

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400 questions in English Grammar

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