This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modal Verb – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Verb Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When I grow up, I ..... to live in a big city. A) 'll be able. B) Will be able to. C) Couldn't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'll be able. 2. I've just bought a lottery ticket. I ..... become rich soon. A) Must. B) Could. C) Am allowed to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 3. My grandfather ( ..... ) play golf very well A) Can. B) Could. C) Have to. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 4. It's a new word to me. I ..... check it in my dictionary. A) Must. B) Ought to. C) Mustn't. D) Shouldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 5. He ..... finish the race. Now he is an engineer A) Was able to. B) Should. C) Wasn't able to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was able to. 6. We use ..... for talking about things which we can deduce are definitely true. A) Should. B) Could. C) Will. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 7. When Vera was young, she ..... type quickly. She took a typing class and now she ..... type very quickly! A) Could not can to. B) Can could. C) Could not can. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could not can. 8. We ..... chew gum in class. A) Should. B) May. C) Aren't allowed to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aren't allowed to. 9. ..... we watch a movie tonight? (Denotes a yes-no-question) A) May. B) Can. C) Might. D) Shall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shall. 10. An excess of milk ..... cause kidney stones. A) May. B) Should. C) Has to. D) Had better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 11. What is the modal verb in the sentence:Sally can sing the song. A) Sally. B) Can. C) Sing. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 12. Choose the most appropriate modal verb to replace the modal verb in capital letters.The dog just got out, it MAY have gone far. A) Must. B) Wouldn't have. C) Can't have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't have. 13. The traetment ..... be good. All the patients are better. A) Will be able. B) Could. C) Must. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 14. Oh ! I'm so thirsty! You ..... have my water if you want! A) Must. B) Should. C) Can. D) Need. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 15. ..... you like to have dinner with me tonight? A) Should. B) May. C) Would. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 16. They look cute together and they like eachother. They ..... go out. A) Should. B) Could. C) Must. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 17. Must can be used to express A) Possibility and obligation. B) Permission and deduction. C) Ability and prohibition. D) Obligation and deduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obligation and deduction. 18. You ..... fasten your seat belt in a car. A) Mustn't. B) Must. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 19. You ..... sleep in that room. It's full of boxes and other stuff. A) Must Not. B) Can. C) Must. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 20. It's freezing in here. The heating ..... be working properly. A) Must. B) Shouldn't. C) Might. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 21. ..... you pass the salt, please? A) Can. B) Must. C) Should. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 22. A short circuit ..... the fire. A) Ought to cause. B) May have caused. C) Need have caused. D) Must cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have caused. 23. Should is used to talk about ..... A) Obligations. B) Prohibitions. C) Advice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advice. 24. Complete:She ..... play the violin since 2010. A) Must. B) Should. C) Can. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 25. Complete:Mary ..... clean the floor yesterday because it was dirty. A) Must. B) Had to. C) Can. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 26. Which modal verb is used for ABILITIES in the present? A) Must. B) Could. C) May. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 27. When there has been a crime, people ..... touch the evidence. A) Need to. B) Don't have to. C) Couldn't. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustn't. 28. Harry says: "Can you tell me where I might find Platform 9 3/4? " . The modal MIGHT expresses: A) A deduction. B) A possibility. C) A request. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A possibility. 29. Two hundred years ago, medical science was very basic and doctors ..... only simple operations. A) Could perform. B) Must perform. C) Can perform. D) 'll be able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could perform. 30. Students ..... borrow up to four books at a time. A) Are allowed to. B) Must. C) Can't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 31. They ..... (win) the football match, but John hurt his ankle. (past possibility) A) May have won. B) Should have won. C) Could have won. D) Could have win. E) Should have win. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have won. 32. You ..... park your car there. It's against the law. A) Don't have to. B) Mustn't. C) Should. D) Ought to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 33. Leonardo da Vinci ..... write with one hand and draw with the other at a time. A) Had to. B) Should. C) Was to. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 34. I ..... finish my project by tomorrow. Don't worry. A) May. B) Will. C) Must. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will. 35. My carpet is dirty. I ..... vacuum it. A) Have to. B) Can. C) Must. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 36. Choose the most appropriate modal verb to replace the modal verb in capital letters.It was bad, but it OUGHT TO have been worse! A) Could. B) Will. C) Must. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 37. How many modal verbs are in this sentence? We could have gone to Spain but Mum said we must go to Italy instead and ought to book it quick. A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 38. I'm sure he ate some chocolate. A) He must have eaten chocolate. B) He might have eaten chocolate. C) He can't have eaten chocolate. D) He may have eaten chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He must have eaten chocolate. 39. What ..... you do if you were President of the United States? A) Can. B) Need to. C) Could. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would. 40. Can you spot the modal verb used: "Hurry up! We will be late!" said dad. A) Will. B) Said. C) Hurry. D) Late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will. 41. You ..... sit so near the TV. A) Should not. B) May not. C) Could not. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should not. 42. We use ..... for future possibility. A) Be able to. B) Are able to. C) Am able to. D) Is able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be able to. 43. If you have sore eyes, you ..... see the doctor A) Should. B) Need. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 44. It's quite possible that the number of infected people will increase. A) The number of infected people might increase. B) The number of infected people can increase. C) The number of infected people must increase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of infected people can increase. 45. Change this sentence into a question:She can sing beautifully. A) Can she sing beautifully?. B) Is she can sing beautifully?. C) Can she sings beautifully?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can she sing beautifully?. 46. Jessica hasn't made up her mind about where to go to school. She ..... attend Duke University.She just doesn't know yet. A) Needn't. B) May not. C) Mustn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May not. 47. What's the difference between may and could? A) Could and may are modal verbs to express an informal situation. B) Could is very formal. C) May is informal. D) May is very formal while could is less formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May is very formal while could is less formal. 48. We went to the fair, since we had the time.Identify the dependent clause in the sentence. A) There is not a dependent clause in the sentence. B) We went to the fair, since we had the time. C) Since we had the time. D) We went to the fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since we had the time. 49. You ..... use the phone in the class! A) Shouldn't. B) Don't have to. C) Mustn't. D) May not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustn't. 50. What is the modal verb in the sentence:My grandma would love to own a bakery. A) Grandma. B) Love. C) Would. D) Bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 51. 'I don't have a pen.' 'You ..... use mine.' A) Must. B) Should. C) Will. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 52. I ..... finish my English project today. It has to be handed in by tomorrow. A) Must. B) Mustn't. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 53. I've forgotten my key. So I ..... come in. A) Can. B) Must. C) Mustn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 54. You ..... listen to loud music after 10 pm A) I don't know. B) Mustn't. C) Must. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 55. Mom, ..... I go shopping with my friends, please? A) Need. B) Had better. C) May. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 56. What ..... you do in my situation? I need your advice. A) WILL. B) SHOULD. C) MIGHT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHOULD. 57. To talk about obligation in the past, we use A) Could. B) Had to. C) Should. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had to. 58. The swimmer was very tired, but he ..... the shore before he collapsed. A) Could reach. B) Can reach. C) Has reached. D) Was able to reach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was able to reach. 59. I'm not sure, but I ..... (eat) a burger later A) Must eat. B) Might have eaten. C) Might eat. D) Must have eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might eat. 60. We use SHOULD for: A) Advice. B) Obligation. C) Permission. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModal Verb Quiz 1Modal Verb Quiz 2Modal Verb Quiz 4Modal Verb Quiz 5Modal Verb Quiz 6Modal Verb Quiz 7Modal Verb Quiz 8Modal Verb Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books