A. Fill in can, have to, may, might, must, need, should or (not) allowed to.
1. He _______ go skating because he broke his leg.
2. Many children in Britain _______ wear school uniforms.
3. I’m not sure but Jane”, _______ come to visit me this afternoon.
4. Didn’t you see the sign? You _______ drive more than 30 miles.
5. He speaks a lot of languages, but he _______ speak Chinese.
6. It _______ snow. It looks like it.
7. You _______ drive on the right in Britain.
8. He is a good boxer. You _______ be careful.
9. You _______ to smoke in the office.
10. This test will be very difficult. So you _______ learn a lot.
B. Write ‘must’, ‘have to’ or the correct form of ‘have to’ in the blanks.
1. Suman ___________ stay behind for half an hour yesterday to finish her work.
2. All of you ___________ see that film. It is really exciting.
3. It is getting late. I ___________ leave now before it gets any darker.
4. Since they are in the army, they ___________ go wherever they are told to go.
5. We ___________ wait outside until they came back since we hadn’t brought our keys.
6. Julie isn’t looking too well this morning. Something ___________ be wrong.
7. The child was getting no better, so they ___________ call for the doctor.
8. You ___________ not treat the matter lightly. It deserves prompt action.
9. ___________ I be there too? Is it all that important?
10. She ___________ stay at home yesterday as there was no one to look after her baby brother.
C. Fill in the blanks with may or might
1. They ___________ have returned last night. ___________ I check to see if they are back?
2. She ___________ not want to have anything to do with you at first, but she ___________ give in after some time.
3. It ___________ be too late to rectify the mistake now. You ___________ have thought about it earlier.
4. Try as they ___________, they could not persuade her to change her mind.
5. We ___________ never able to make it to the top. We still ___________ as well give up while we still can.
6. ___________ all your dreams come true, and ___________ you be blessed with long life!
7. “Please ___________ I have another bowl of rice, mother?” the girl asked. “Yes, you , ___________ and you ___________ have some fish, too,” replied the mother.
8. I ___________ not be at home in the morning. You ___________ find me at home later in the afternoon, though.
9. The rain ___________ not stop at all. If it does not, we ___________ have to cancel the match altogether.
10. If I ___________ say so, you ___________ have at least given it another try. Who knows, you ___________ have succeeded.
D. Fill in the blanks with ‘will’, ‘would’, ‘shall’ or ‘should’.
1. We ___________ certainly have time for lunch. Where ___________ we go?
2. “You ___________ suffer for this,” he swore. “I ___________ see to it that you do!”
3. He said that ¡t ___________ be all right for you to enter, but I think you ___________ wait until he gets here.
4. ___________ you not reconsider your decision? You ___________ regret it if you do not.
5. I ___________ do whatever pleases me. No one ___________ tell me what to do!
6. If anything ___________ go wrong while I am away, you ___________ let me know, n’t ___________ you?
7. ___________ you please lower your voices? You ___________ wake up the baby if you do not.
8. I ___________ not stop her from leaving. She ___________ go if she wants to.
9. If my friends ___________ come while I am having my bath, ___________ you invite them in?
10. The angry man insisted that I ___________ pay for the damages. He said that if I did not, he ___________ have ___________ lodge a report against me.
E. Fill in ‘can’, ‘could’, ‘was’, ‘were’, ‘able to’ or their negative forms.
1. Nothing ___________ stop him now that he has made up his mind.
2. The students ___________ finish the test on time despite the short time they were given.
3. ” ___________ I take part in the competition?” “I don’t think you ___________ as you are under-age.”
4. I am sorry I ___________ help you as I myself ___________ neither speak nor understand a word of French.
5. That child prodigy ___________ solve difficult mathematical problems when he was eight years old.
6. She was very weak and ___________ hardly lift her head.
7. ___________ you do me a favour? ___________ you pass this message to Chanchal on your way home ?
8. I asked my parents if I ___________ have some extra money, and they said I ___________.
9. I hid it under the pillow, so he ___________ have seen it.
10.1 didn’t bring my umbrella, but I ___________ borrow one.