This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Auxiliaries – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read the sentence below carefully. Then choose the modal auxiliary that best fits the sentence.I ..... speak French fluently when I was younger and when we lived in France. A) Could. B) Should. C) Would. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 2. Change this obligation modal into a possibility modalYou must do your homework now, not later.You ..... do your homework now, not later. A) Should. B) Have to. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 3. Identify the modal auxiliary in the following sentence: "May I borrow your book?" A) I. B) Borrow. C) May. D) Your. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 4. ..... you play the guitar? A) Shall. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 5. Which modal verb expresses a past ability? A) Must. B) Can. C) Could. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 6. Paul ..... borrow my book if he promises to take care of it. A) Should. B) Must. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 7. A:How old is her daughter now?B:Hmm ..... I think she was born around the same time our daughter was born. She ..... be about ten A) Should. B) Would. C) Might. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 8. My grandfather is eighty-five years old and he ..... still read and write without glasses. A) Can. B) Could. C) Must. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 9. Chose the correct helping verb. Use the hint in the parentheses to guide you.(to not be allowed to) play loud music. A) Can't. B) Must not. C) Need to. D) May not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must not. 10. "Tony ..... no longer waits for Nita to eat lunch at the cafetaria, and he doesn't call her either." A) Ought to. B) Should. C) Has to. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May. 11. He can play the guitar very well. A) He is a skilled guitarist. B) He cannot play any instruments. C) He is a beginner guitarist. D) He prefers playing the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a skilled guitarist. 12. " ..... you please let me have her mobile telephone number?" I asked Cynthia's mother. A) Might. B) Must. C) Should. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 13. They ..... fail if they don't study. A) Might. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 14. A: ..... if I used the phone? B:No, of course not. A) Would you like. B) Would you mind. C) Would you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would you mind. 15. Identify the modal auxiliary in the sentence:'I may join you later.' What is its function? A) Can. B) Should. C) May. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 16. ..... you like to go by train? A) Would. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 17. One ..... bathe immediately after a sports activity. A) Could not. B) Can not. C) Shall not. D) Should not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should not. 18. Complete the sentence:'We ..... (not) go outside.' Function:Expressing obligation. Options:must, may, could, should A) Can. B) Might. C) Must. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 19. I think you ..... help me to solve this problem. A) Could. B) Can. C) May. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 20. You ..... listen to the teacher. A) Can. B) Must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 21. Eating ice cream is bad for my teeth. I ..... eat ice cream any more. A) Must. B) Don't have. C) May. D) Shouldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouldn't. 22. Choose the appropriate modal auxiliary to complete the sentence.I ..... have done all my homework this afternoon if I want to go to the party tonight. A) Can. B) May. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 23. Business people ..... wear uniform. A) Don't has to. B) Have to. C) Don't have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't have to. 24. They ..... know better than to break the rules now that they are Form 4. A) Ought. B) May. C) Might. D) Ought to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ought to. 25. ..... I have some more cake, please?Which modal auxiliary is less polite? A) Can. B) Could. C) May. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesModal Auxiliaries Quiz 1Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 2Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 3Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 4Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 5Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 6Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 7Modal Auxiliaries Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books