This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Semi Modals – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semi Modals Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. No-one ..... lucky or successful all the time, and that seems to be particularly true of people doing sport. A) Couldn't be. B) Can't be. C) Can be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be. 2. Are you using the car? ..... I take it? A) Can. B) Can't. C) Couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 3. 'I can't wait to get that blue top tomorrow." I wouldn't get too excited. They only had one left, so they ..... well have sold out.' A) Should. B) May. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May. 4. I ..... coffee and cookies! A) Like have. B) Like to have. C) Likes to have. D) Likes have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like to have. 5. You ought not to go swimming today.You ..... swimming today. A) Mustn't. B) Aren't able to. C) Shouldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 6. You ..... listen to this new podcast-it's great. A) Can. B) May. C) Should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. 7. Some species of ants ..... lift up to 50 times their own body weight.[in a science magazine aimed at children] A) Could. B) Are able to. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 8. I can't find my kitten. It ..... be in the garden. A) Might. B) Should. C) Ought to. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 9. You ..... use a different paintbrush. A) May. B) Should. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 10. Ivan ..... join us later. A) Is able to. B) Was able to. C) May be able to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May be able to. 11. Some species of ants ..... lift up to 50 times their own body weight.[in a textbook for university students] A) Could. B) Are able to. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are able to. 12. The students ..... finish the exam in 5 minutes. A) The students has to finish the exam in 5 minutes. B) The students able to finish the exam in 5 minutes. C) The students can to finish the exam in 5 minutes. D) The students must finish the exam in 5 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The students must finish the exam in 5 minutes. 13. I ..... eat anything for three whole days after the surgery. A) Weren't able to. B) Wasn't able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't able to. 14. 'Your favourite programme's on." It ..... be. Ut's only half past five.' A) Mustn't. B) Can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 15. Why don't we call Jane? She ..... want to come to the theatre with us. A) Can. B) May. C) Should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May. 16. You ..... respect the traffic signs. A) Should. B) Must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 17. I ..... pay for the tickets because I got them from Sam for free. A) Don't have to. B) Shouldn't. C) Couldn't. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't have to. 18. You ..... to take up a hobby to pass the time. A) Must. B) Should. C) Ought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ought. 19. We ..... buy any books for the english class. They are provided by the school A) Must. B) Can. C) Don't have to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't have to. 20. Paul had natural talent and he ..... play the piano at the age of four. A) Is able to. B) Can. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 21. You ..... use your cellphone while driving. A) Have to. B) Can't. C) Shouldn't. D) Mustn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustn't. 22. Students ..... come to school in the summer! A) Students don't have to come to school in the summer!. B) Students mustn't come to school in the summer!. C) Students can't come to school in the summer!. D) Students should't come to school in the summer!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students don't have to come to school in the summer!. 23. He ..... [swim] when he was four years old. A) He is able to swim when he was only four years old. B) He could swim when he was only four years old. C) He can swim when he was only four years old. D) He must swim when he was only four years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He could swim when he was only four years old. 24. 'Where are the children?''They ..... upstairs, I can hear them singing.' A) Can be. B) Must be. C) Should be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must be. 25. ..... she ..... snorkeling? A) Does/ like to go. B) Does/ like to play. C) Do/ likes to go. D) Do/ like to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does/ like to go. Next →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSemi Modals Quiz 2Semi Modals Quiz 3Semi Modals Quiz 4Semi Modals Quiz 5Semi Modals Quiz 6Semi Modals Quiz 7Semi Modals Quiz 8Semi Modals Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books