This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modals Of Ability – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modals Of Ability Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... go to our grandpa next week. A) Can. B) Must. C) Should. D) Will. E) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 2. People ..... go to space in the future A) Will be able to. B) Could. C) Can't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be able to. 3. My grandmother ..... use a computer until last month. Since then she's been taking lessons at the library. A) Can. B) Could. C) Wasn't able to. D) Can't. E) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Couldn't. 4. The dance team wasn't able to win their first competition. A) Advice. B) Request. C) Ability. D) Suggestion. E) Permission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ability. 5. You ..... drive if you feel dizzy? A) Need to. B) Have to. C) Mustn't. D) Ought to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustn't. 6. She is amazing. She ..... speak 8 languages, including Mandarin. A) Might. B) Can. C) Could. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 7. I ..... PLAY SOCCER WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD. A) CAN. B) COULD. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COULD. 8. .... you turn on the light, please? A) Mustn't. B) Had to. C) Shouldn't. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 9. Gill ..... play the piano. She's never studied it A) Couldn't. B) Could. C) Can. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 10. They were able (40) ..... a temperature ..... (2013 main) A) A produce. B) C to produce. C) B produced. D) D producing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C to produce. 11. She isn't wearing a sweater. She ..... be cold. A) Must. B) Can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 12. Rosita ..... speak french and spanish, she studied for 3 years A) Could. B) Can't. C) Can. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 13. I love ..... stay in bed all morning. A) Can. B) Being able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being able to. 14. PAST OF VERB TO BE. A) AM. B) IS/ARE. C) WAS/WERE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WAS/WERE. 15. I ..... call you at 5pm, after I finish my meeting. A) Will could. B) Can. C) Will be able. D) Will can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 16. How did you ..... learn another language with 3 children, cooking and cleaning the house every day, AND having a full-time job??? A) Could. B) Manage to. C) Able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manage to. 17. You MUST make sure that you save all documents in the correct folder. A) Outside obligation. B) Strong necessity. C) Prohibition. D) Strong obligation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong obligation. 18. 'I'm so stressed. I ..... relax'? A) Don't have to. B) Mustn't. C) Need to. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Need to. 19. Which one modals express ability ..... A) You should take a medicine. B) You must wear black shoes to school. C) May I go to toilet, Mam?. D) I can speak English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I can speak English. 20. You ..... park your car here for a maximum of 30 minutes. A) Have to. B) Must. C) Can. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 21. My dog ..... jump A) Could. B) Can't. C) May. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 22. You know what? I think this rain MIGHT be stopping. A) Possibility. B) Permission. C) Prohibition. D) Weak possibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weak possibility. 23. You ..... park here. It is forbidden. You can find another place. A) Has to. B) Mustn't. C) Don't have to. D) Don't need to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 24. Despite the difficult circumstances, they ..... complete the project on time. A) Might not manage to. B) Will be able to. C) Managed to. D) Weren't able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Managed to. 25. Select the correct modal in the correct tense/form for the sentence below."Ask Katherine about your problem. She might ..... help you." A) Could. B) Can. C) Will be able to. D) Be able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be able to. 26. Hoa studied very hard and she ..... get the highest mark in the final exam A) Could. B) Is able to. C) Couldn't. D) Managed to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Managed to. 27. Modal verbs of ..... means using the information we know to make a guess or draw a conclusion about the facts. A) Deduction. B) Possibility. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduction. 28. SHE IS SICK. SHE ..... GO TO THE PARTY. A) Should. B) Must. C) Should not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should not. 29. My mom ..... ride a bicycle the last month A) Can. B) Will be able to. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 30. ..... he ..... delete the virus from the computer yesterday? A) Will-be able to. B) Could. C) Was-be able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-be able to. 31. You ..... print this form. You can email it to us. A) Don't have to. B) Should. C) Must. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't have to. 32. You ..... visit my mother on Sunday morning A) Can. B) Will. C) May. D) Must. E) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 33. She ..... speak three languages. A) May. B) Should. C) Can. D) Will. E) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 34. How many instruments ..... you play? A) Can. B) Could. C) Are able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 35. SHE ..... SPEAK FRANCE VERY WELL. A) CAN. B) COULD. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAN. 36. You ..... use your mobile phone at school. It is prohibited. A) Had to. B) Mustn't. C) Have to. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 37. Will you be able to practice a sport? A) Yes, I could. B) No, I can't. C) No, I won't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, I won't. 38. He has practice tomorrow. He ..... to go to the movies. A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) Won't be able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won't be able to. 39. Maybe we could go to a movie later. A) Request. B) Ability. C) Suggestion. D) Permission. E) Advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggestion. 40. The washing machine isn't working and I ..... repair it. Call a technician! A) Can. B) Can't. C) Am not able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am not able to. 41. She ..... speak Spanish fluently by the time she was 12. A) Can. B) Couldn't. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 42. You ..... wear an umbrella because it isn't raining outside. A) Should. B) May. C) Mustn't. D) Needn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Needn't. 43. You should ..... find a taxi outside. A) Can. B) Be able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be able to. 44. Complete the sentence using 'could', 'can', or 'will be able' to:She ..... walk to the store alone next year. A) Can. B) Could. C) Will be able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be able to. 45. When I first moved to Argentina I ..... only speak a few words of Spanish. A) Could. B) Managed to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 46. Birds ..... fly but lions can't. A) Will be able to. B) Can. C) Should. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 47. Which one is not modals verb? A) Need. B) Might. C) Should. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Need. 48. I ..... find any interesting film so I went to sleep. A) Didn't succeed in. B) Couldn't. C) Am unable to. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 49. He practiced for weeks and ..... play his favorite song on the guitar now. A) Was able to. B) Might manage to. C) Will be able to. D) Wasn't able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was able to. 50. My friend ..... practice soccer everyday because he has a big garden A) Won't be able to. B) Can. C) Can't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 51. That looks like Pablo. It ..... be him. I am not sure. A) Might. B) Has to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 52. '' Your score is the lowest compared to your classmates"-'' You ..... study harder to pass the exam" A) Might. B) Should. C) May. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 53. Subject + can / can't + verb A) Future. B) Past. C) Present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present. 54. ..... get your phone fixed? It looked very broken! A) Did you were able to. B) Could you. C) Did you manage to. D) Were you able. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you manage to. 55. I'm sorry, but I won't ..... meet you for lunch tomorrow. A) Can. B) Be able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be able to. 56. If you panic, you ..... take a deep breath. A) Mustn't. B) Should. C) Shouldn't. D) Needn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 57. Which modal verb is used to talk about something is is not true? A) Isn't. B) Mustn't. C) Couldn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 58. Select the correct modal in the correct tense/form for the sentence below.A:Did you have problems finding our house? B:Not really. Your directions were good and we ..... A) Managed to find it. B) Were able to find it. C) Could find it. D) Can find it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were able to find it. 59. There was plenty of time. She ..... A) Needn't have hurried. B) Mustn't have hurried. C) Must not hurry. D) Couldn't have hurried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Needn't have hurried. 60. I ..... speak to my father yesterday. A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. Next →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModals Of Ability Quiz 2Modals Of Ability Quiz 3Modals Of Ability Quiz 4Can And Could QuizContinuous Modal Verbs QuizMay And Might QuizModal Perfect Tense QuizModal Verb Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books