This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Auxiliaries – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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) Might have been disappointed. D) Must have been disappointed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have been disappointed. 2. 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!. 3. 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. 4. When he was young, he ..... very well. He won medals and championships. A) Could swim. B) Could swam. C) Can swimming. D) Is able to swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could swim. 5. I want ..... the pink sofa or the purple one. A) Neither. B) Either. C) Both. D) Not only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either. 6. 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. 7. Old people ..... buy tickets to attend the event. It is not necessary. A) Have to. B) Don't have to. C) Don't have. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't have to. 8. Use a modal verb to complete the sentence: "I ..... go to the store if it rains." A) Can. B) Will. C) Might. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 9. Mom and Dad just left for the airport twenty minutes ago, so they ..... there yet. A) Can't have gotten. B) Shouldn't have gotten. C) Had better have gotten. D) Could have gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouldn't have gotten. 10. "I could have asked my brother to lift the table." It may be concluded that ..... A) I didn't lift the table. B) I lifted the table with the help of my brother. C) I asked my brother to lift the table. D) I lifted the table by myself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I lifted the table by myself. 11. ..... you have taken all this trouble? A) May. B) Can. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 12. It is dangerous to run across the road. You ..... look to your left and right before crossing the road. A) May. B) Must. C) Can. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. What verb finishes the sentence?They ..... in the United States for five years. have lived-necessity A) Would have lived. B) Must have lived. C) Could have lived. D) Will have lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have lived. 16. They ..... buy the clothes tomorrow the latest before it's closed A) Have. B) May. C) Can. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 17. What does the modal verb 'must' imply? A) possibility B) necessity C) permission D) ability E) request A) Obligation. B) Certainty. C) Suggestion. D) Necessity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Necessity. 18. A phrasal verb consists ..... A) A verb. B) A noun. C) A verb followed by a particle (preposition/adverb). D) Adverb. E) Pronounce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A verb followed by a particle (preposition/adverb). 19. Select the correct 'Modal' verb:The birds ..... fly in the sky. A) Can't. B) Can. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 20. Which of the following is a three-word verb? A) To put up with. B) To take off. C) To give in. D) To throw out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To put up with. 21. Which modal verb would you use to express a future possibility? A) Can. B) Might. C) Should. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might. 22. ..... you ..... me where the nearest bank is? A) Could tell. B) Has to tell. C) Must tell. D) Could told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could tell. 23. Which of the following is a two-word verb? A) To put in. B) To throw down. C) To give away. D) To take up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take up. 24. Identify the modal auxiliary in the following sentence: "You must wear a helmet when riding a bike." A) You. B) Must. C) Wear. D) Helmet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 25. Which helping verb BEST completes the sentence below? ..... you get that box from the top shelf for me? A) Must. B) Can. C) Might. D) May. 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