This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modals – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modals Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She MUST HAVE CRIED a lot after her husband's accident. That was why her eyes were so red and swollen. A) Need to do. B) Like, want more (formal, polite). C) Conjecture for past events (quite certain). D) Must do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjecture for past events (quite certain). 2. What is the meaning of can? A) Can. B) Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 3. What is the accusative form of der? A) The. B) The. C) Of the. D) Dem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The. 4. We ..... stay with my brother when we are in Paris. A) Should. B) May. C) Must. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 5. He would sell it if he ..... A) Is able to. B) Doesn't have to. C) Can. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 6. You really ..... be late gain. A) Must not. B) Don't have to be. C) Love to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must not. 7. 1 My brother ..... take the rubbish out every week. A) Have to. B) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has to. 8. You shouldn't be walking alone at night. A) Obligation. B) Advice. C) Permission. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advice. 9. I ..... will help you with the project if you like A) Should. B) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 10. What is the accusative form of das? A) A. B) One. C) A. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 11. You ..... to your teacher like that. It was very rude. A) Shouldn't talk. B) Mustn't have talked. C) Mustn't talk. D) Shouldn't have talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouldn't have talked. 12. You ..... run in the corridors at school. A) Should. B) Need to. C) Shouldn't. D) Needn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 13. Which modal cannot be used in the blank. You ..... eat in class. A) Should not. B) Ought not. C) Can not. D) Must not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ought not. 14. Melissa ..... speak three languages. A) Can. B) May. C) Must. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 15. It ..... rain any moment. A) May. B) Will. C) Might. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 16. He is speaking English, but I think he COULD be Vietnamese, by judging his accent. A) Allow. B) Request. C) Possibility in the past. D) Pretty solid guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretty solid guess. 17. She ..... brush her teeth every day. A) Must. B) Mustn't. C) Might. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 18. There's someone at the door. It ..... be the postman. A) Could be. B) Will be. C) Can be. D) Must be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could be. 19. You ..... read in the dark. A) Can't. B) Must not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must not. 20. We ..... to wait for her by the entrance at 8 pm. A) Had. B) Should. C) Could. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 21. Last year, that man ..... still walk properly. How unfortunate. A) Can. B) Could. C) Should. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 22. Since they aren't answering the phone, they ..... A) Can't have left. B) Need have left. C) Must have left. D) Should have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have left. 23. It's illegal to talk on the phone while you're driving. A) You don't need to talk on the phone while you're driving. B) You mustn't/can't talk on the phone while you're driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You mustn't/can't talk on the phone while you're driving. 24. You really ..... have told him. He really shouldn't know. A) Oughtn't to. B) Didn't need to. C) Wouldn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oughtn't to. 25. He owes you a lot of money so you ..... lend him anymore. A) May not. B) Can. C) Shouldn't. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 26. Can you pass me the black coat? A) Not so polite request. B) Polite request. C) Very polite request. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polite request. 27. He ..... concentrate on his work because he had family problems. A) Shan't. B) Mustn't. C) Couldn't. D) Won't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't. 28. In 3 years, I ..... buy a new house. A) Should. B) Must. C) Would like to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would like to. 29. ..... you lend me an umbrella? A) Can. B) Have to. C) Must. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 30. A:I have a terrible headache.B:You ..... take an aspirin. A) May. B) Must. C) Have to. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should. 31. Would you like a cup of tea? The sentence expresses A) A request. B) A probability. C) An obligation. D) An offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An offer. 32. I am feeling sick. I ..... have eaten all those desserts. A) Must. B) Should. C) Shouldn't. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 33. Fill in the blank with appropriate ModalYou ..... take the day off if you have finished your work A) Can. B) Might. C) Could. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May. 34. When you leave home, You ..... lock the door A) Could. B) Can. C) Will. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 35. When I speak with an adult, I ..... be polite. A) Have to. B) Do not have to. C) Mustn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to. 36. You really ..... change into warmer clothes. It's already winter there. A) Ought to. B) Will. C) Can. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ought to. 37. We work hard so that we ..... succeed. A) May. B) Ought to. C) Must. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 38. I ..... be able to meet him if I attend the party. A) Can. B) Might. C) Ought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might. 39. You ..... leave now or you will be late. A) May. B) Should. C) Must. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 40. Indicates use that does not correspond to CAN. A) Ability. B) Permission. C) Advice. D) Possibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advice. 41. She can cook fried rice.Which of the following sentences below have the same meaning with the sentence above? A) She able to cook fried rice. B) She is able to cook fried rice. C) She is able cook fried rice. D) She is able to cooking fried rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is able to cook fried rice. 42. Look at me! I can jump very high! A) Possibility. B) Advice. C) Ability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ability. 43. It's very cloudy, it ..... rain later. A) Should. B) Must. C) Ought to. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might. 44. I think you ..... help at home. It's my advice. A) Should. B) Could. C) Shouldn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 45. We ..... be there twenty minutes before the musical show starts. A) Can. B) Could. C) Have to. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have to. 46. She ..... make her bed every morning A) Mustn't. B) Don't have to. C) Doesn't have. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't have. 47. What ..... I bring? A) Could. B) Should. C) Would. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 48. You ..... bring your own materiales to the class. A) Need to. B) Shouldn't. C) Needn't. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Need to. 49. Choose the correct form: ..... I have more cake, please? A) Could. B) Can. C) Must. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 50. Teacher Kc thinks that she ..... play chess well. A) Can. B) Might. C) Should. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 51. "Sorry madam you ..... wait for that pizza." A) Can. B) Must. C) Does. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 52. Your phone bill is very expensive ! You have to use it less often A) Obligation. B) Advice. C) Suggestion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obligation. 53. Choose the correct option. Can is used for ..... A) Ability. B) Advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability. 54. I think you ..... relax more. You have been working too much lately A) Must. B) Might. C) May. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should. 55. The descriptive forms of the verbs may, have to and can have A) The same auxiliary verbs. B) Other auxiliary verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Other auxiliary verbs. 56. ..... you call again later please? A) Could. B) Should. C) Would. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 57. You ..... spend to much time playing, you have homework. A) Must. B) Musn't. C) Have to. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Musn't. 58. We have a lot of test tomorrow You ..... be late. A) Can't. B) Can. C) May. D) Must not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must not. 59. You ..... be quiet in the library-people are trying to concentrate. A) Must. B) Mustn't. C) Doesn't have to. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 60. My dictionary isn't in my school bag. I ..... have left it at home. A) Might. B) Must. C) May. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModals Quiz 1Modals Quiz 2Modals Quiz 3Modals Quiz 4Modals Quiz 5Modals Quiz 6Modals Quiz 7Modals Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books