MODAL EXERCISES

1. Use the verb in brackets and the correct form a sitab!e moda! to com"!ete sentences a#f.
More than one ans$er ma% be "ossib!e.
a) Unfortunately, my boyfriend ___________________ (go) on holiday with us next month.
b) We ___________________ (revise) for our exams instead of watching TV last night.
c) This icture ___________________ (aint) by !icasso. " recognise his style.
d) #ou really ___________________ (buy) me a resent, but it was very $ind of you.
e) %veryone ___________________ (try) to concentrate more in class.
&. Correct the mistakes in sentences in a#'.
a) &tudents might not be late for lessons.
b) We couldn't be able to go to the cinema tomorrow night.
c) Ted might have be held u in the traffic. (e isn't usually late.
d) )uggage must not be left unattended.
e) *o we must finish this homewor$ by tomorrow+
f) When " wo$e u, " can hear the birds singing.
g) " didn't had to wait long for a train last night.
(. Choose the best ans$ers to com"!ete the fo!!o$in' sentences. In some) more than one
o"tion is correct.
,) #ou _________ be tired- #ou didn't get out of bed until midday.
a) must b) ought c) can't d) should
.) "t _________ snow tomorrow.
a) can b) couldn't c) might d) needn't
/) We _________ to get u early tomorrow morning.
a) need b) haven't c) can't d) must
0) 1y aunt _________ to have had her oeration by now.
a) must b) ought c) can't d) should
2) #ou _________ have come to stay with us last wee$end when you were in town.
a) should b) can c) need d) had to
3) The students _________ worried about their end4of4term test. They all assed.
a) didn't need to b) didn't have to c) needn't have d) shouldn't have to
5) " _________ left my boo$ on the train. " can't find it.
a) couldn't have b) can't have c) had to d) might have