MODALS
Exercises:-
Q1 Complete the following paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the help of the
given options.
1. “Nobody is answering the doorbell. They (a) ______on a holiday.”
“You (b)_______ right, but we (c)______ check with the neighbours.
They (d) ________know their whereabouts.”
(a) (i) may (ii) may be (iii) need (iv) needn’t
(b) (i) couldn’t (ii) can (iii) can’t be (iv) could be
(c) (i) should (ii) need (iii) cannot (iv) shouldn’t
(d) (i) could (ii) must (iii) may (iv) cannot
2. You (a) ________litter the station. You (b) _______use the bins placed on the
platforms. You (c)_______ follow the rules of hygiene and safety in public places. You (d) _________know the consequences of littering.
(a) (i) can (ii) must (iii) should (iv) cannot
(b) (i) needn’t (ii) may (iii) must (iv) mustn’t
(c) (i) could (ii) should (iii) couldn’t (iv) shouldn’t
(d) (i) may (ii) ought to (iii) could (iv) needn’t
3. “You (a) _______go to the bank tomorrow. I (b)_______ lend you the money. You (c) ________return the money later.” “You (d)___________ take as much rest as possible.”
(a) (i) needn’t (ii) need (iii) may (iv) may not
(b) (i) must (ii) can (iii) needn’t (iv) wouldn’t
(c) (i) mustn’t (ii) cannot (iii) shouldn’t (iv) may
(d) (i) could (ii) couldn’t (iii) should (iv) shouldn’t
Q2. The following sentences are not edited. There is one error in each sentence against which a blank has been given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number given in the example.
Error Correction
John should reached there by now. e.g.should. ________
He can have missed the train. (a) can ________
He ought not to have messaged us.(b) ought not _______
You need worry about him. (c) need _______
He mustn’t speak the local language.(d) mustn’t _______
Q3 In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word, in the sentences of the given paragraph, along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided.
Before Missing After word
The refrigerator is only appliance that finds e.g. is the only
a place in all homes. It consists a polished (a)_____ _____ _____
cabinet with shelves inside storage. Due to (b) _____ _____ _______
the cold atmosphere inside, it used to (c) ______ _______ _______
store preserve vegetables, milk, curd, etc. (d)_______ ______ ______
Q4 Rearrange the given words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
e.g. golf/my/here/comes/everySunday
/grandfather/to play
My grandfather comes here to play golf every Sunday.
(a) walking stick/he/cannot walk/without/his/comfortably
(b) be/somewhere/around/must/he
(c) I/car/in/parking lot/saw/the/his
(d) havemissed/he/the/today/wouldn’t
/event
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