This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Auxiliaries – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All students ..... report to the STAN Secretariat on September 2nd for the final exam. A) Are to. B) Could. C) Might. D) Need. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are to. 2. They could go to the zoo tomorrow. A) They should go to the zoo today. B) They could go to the park tomorrow. C) They could go to the zoo. D) They might visit the zoo next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They could go to the zoo. 3. ..... I sit here? I could not find any empty chairSure, sit down please A) May. B) Must. C) Should. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 4. Complete the sentence:'She ..... (not) go to the party.' Function:Expressing ability. Options:can, should, might, must A) Can. B) Shouldn't. C) Couldn't. D) Wouldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 5. Find the modal auxiliary in the sentence: "They shall start the project next week." A) They. B) Shall. C) Start. D) Next. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shall. 6. I ..... on the wood floor, but it was too hard, so I bought a sofa-bed. (option not taken) A) Could have slept. B) Couldn't sleep. C) Couldn't have slept. D) Could sleep. E) Could of slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have slept. 7. The hockey player's injury kept him out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He A) Must have been disappointing. B) Must have been disappointment. C) Must have been disappointed. D) Might have been disappointed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have been disappointed. 8. Is the word 'must' a modal auxiliary? A) No, it is not!. B) Yes, it is!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, it is!. 9. Vian:I am writing a composition, and there is a word i don't know how to spellNana:You ..... open the dictionary A) Will. B) Should. C) Shall. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 10. When he was young, he ..... very well. He won medals and championships. A) Could swim. B) Could swam. C) Is able to swim. D) Can swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could swim. 11. I want ..... the pink sofa or the purple one. A) Neither. B) Either. C) Both. D) Not only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either. 12. I (can, would) easily find someone to help us with the fund-raiser. A) Can. B) Would. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 13. Old people ..... buy tickets to attend the event. It is not necessary. A) Don't have. B) Have. C) Have to. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't have to. 14. Use a modal verb to complete the sentence: "I ..... go to the store if it rains." A) Must. B) Will. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 15. Mom and Dad just left for the airport twenty minutes ago, so they ..... there yet. A) Had better have gotten. B) Shouldn't have gotten. C) Could have gotten. D) Can't have gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouldn't have gotten. 16. "I could have asked my brother to lift the table." It may be concluded that ..... A) I didn't lift the table. B) I asked my brother to lift the table. C) I lifted the table with the help of my brother. D) I lifted the table by myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I lifted the table by myself. 17. ..... you have taken all this trouble? A) May. B) Can. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 18. It is dangerous to run across the road. You ..... look to your left and right before crossing the road. A) May. B) Can. C) Must. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 19. The dark storm clouds in the distance are coming closer and closer. It ..... rain soon. A) Won't. B) Will. C) Might. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 20. One day Ichabod does not show up at school. The pupils are worried. What ..... have happened to him? A) Can. B) Might. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might. 21. What verb finishes the sentence?They ..... in the United States for five years. have lived-necessity A) Will have lived. B) Could have lived. C) Must have lived. D) Would have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have lived. 22. They ..... buy the clothes tomorrow the latest before it's closed A) May. B) Can. C) Have. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 23. What does the modal verb 'must' imply? A) possibility B) necessity C) permission D) ability E) request A) Suggestion. B) Obligation. C) Necessity. D) Certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Necessity. 24. A phrasal verb consists ..... A) A verb followed by a particle (preposition/adverb). B) Adverb. C) Pronounce. D) A verb. E) A noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A verb followed by a particle (preposition/adverb). 25. Select the correct 'Modal' verb:The birds ..... fly in the sky. A) Can. B) Can't. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 26. Which of the following is a three-word verb? A) To put up with. B) To give in. C) To take off. D) To throw out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To put up with. 27. Which modal verb would you use to express a future possibility? A) Can. B) Must. C) Might. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 28. ..... you ..... me where the nearest bank is? A) Has to tell. B) Could tell. C) Must tell. D) Could told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could tell. 29. Which of the following is a two-word verb? A) To give away. B) To take up. C) To throw down. D) To put in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take up. 30. Identify the modal auxiliary in the following sentence: "You must wear a helmet when riding a bike." A) Helmet. B) Must. C) Wear. D) You. 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