This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Auxiliaries – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the modal auxiliary in the sentence: "You should try to sleep early." A) You. B) Should. C) Try. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 2. What does 'to put something off' mean? A) To begin something. B) To postpone something. C) To refuse something. D) To stop doing something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To postpone something. 3. In California, you ..... have a driver's license to drive a car. A) Should. B) Must. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 4. Which word would you use if someone is capable of doing something? A) Can. B) May. C) Might. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 5. How ..... you open my bag? A) Need. B) Dare. C) Used to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dare. 6. My brother ..... like to learn how to play the piano. A) Would. B) Should. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 7. Choose the most appropriate modal to complete the sentence: "If you practice regularly, you ..... improve your skills." A) Should. B) Might. C) Will. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 8. What does 'to turn something down' mean? A) To begin something. B) To postpone something. C) To accept something. D) To refuse something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To refuse something. 9. I ..... eat my dinner last night. My stomach hurt. A) Can. B) Couldn't. C) Don't have to. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 10. " ..... you hand me that pair of scissors, please?""Certainly." A) May. B) Shall. C) Will. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will. 11. ..... she in my previous school also? A) Don't. B) Haven't. C) Wasn't. D) Aren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 12. I hope I ..... go for a walk tomorrow morning. A) Must. B) Will. C) Shall. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will. 13. ..... you help Alice with her homework yesterday? A) Could. B) Might. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 14. Which sentence uses "would rather" correctly? A) I would rather to stay home than go out. B) I would rather stay home than go out. C) I would rather staying home than go out. D) I would rather stayed home than go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I would rather stay home than go out. 15. Ana:What were you doing around 6 a.m yesterday?Lisa:I ..... for a morning walk. A) Went out. B) Was going out. C) Had been going out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going out. 16. You ..... cheat in your exam. A) Must. B) Can. C) May. D) Must not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must not. 17. "Might" expresses a stronger possibility than "may." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. You ..... always wear suitable clothes when you go skiing. A) Could. B) Can. C) Might. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should. 19. Example Have to A) You'd better not eat that meat. It looks spoiled. B) Bye now! I've got to go. My wife's waitingfor me. I'll call you later. C) I'd like to go with you to the movie this evening, but I can't. I have to go to a meeting. D) You mustn't play with matches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'd like to go with you to the movie this evening, but I can't. I have to go to a meeting. 20. ..... the tutor explain this properly? A) Be. B) Did. C) Do. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 21. Which sentence uses a modal verb to show a high probability but not absolute certainty about the past? A) They might have gotten lost on the way. B) I could have finished the project earlier. C) He must have forgotten his wallet at home. D) She should have arrived by now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She should have arrived by now. 22. Which word in the sentence below is a modal auxiliary? "She can swim very fast." A) Swim. B) Can. C) Very. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 23. It's quarantine. He ..... (go) to the movies yesterday. A) Might went. B) Mustn't have went. C) Can't have gone. D) May have not gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't have gone. 24. Complete the sentence:If I were a scientist, I ..... create new technology. A) Was. B) We're. C) Would. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 25. Choose the modal that would best complete the following sentence:Trevor told his friend Cooper, "You ..... wear a coat outside because it is freezing!" A) Can. B) Could. C) Must. D) None of the above. 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