(d) Modals
MISCELLANEOUS
EXERCISE.
Based on the Textbook
1.
Fill in the blanks with suitable modals from the brackets:
(a) 1. You ............... be careful
while driving. (must/need)
2. We ............... preserve our
forests. (must/need)
3. Sudha ............... appear for
an interview at Telco's company's expense. (used to/had to)
4. She was sure that she ...............
not get the job in the famous automobile company Telco. (should/ would)
5. She.............. to wake up in
the morning and get me ready for school. (ought/used)
6. He looked as if he ..............
only have lots and lots of grandchildren.
(could/ can)
7. We .............. not use bookish
knowledge to contradict and condemn others. (ought/should)
8. The teacher said that he..............
be punished for his mistake. (will / would)
9. You .............. impose discipline
on yourself first. (can/must)
10. Some of us are worrying about
whether the stock market........... (will / should)
(b) 1. Time on books ...............
be spent according to their quality. (need / should
2. An officer.............. display
high standards of discipline in his own life. (must / can)
3. We.......... never get anything
without paying something for it. (should / can)
4. We ............... blame the
government or the system for all the ills. (shouldn’t/ needn’t)
5. Globalization ............ help to
fight the problem poverty in the world. (can / could)
6. A leader................ be ready
to accept responsibilities and self-discipline (should/may)
7. She…….not help me with the lesson.
(could/ought)
8. Take an umbrella with you;
it……..rain. (can / might)
9............... I come in, sir? (may
/ might)
10............... that I were a king!
(should/would)
(c) 1. Kalam says that future
generation ............... have the freedom to sustain their lives on the
earth. (should/would)
2. As he ............... not afford
to pay his fees, he approached the principal for help. (could/would)
3. Since the Earth's water supply is
fixed, we ............. preserve the quality of water available to us. (must /
can)
4. The absence of water
............... turn fertile lands into dry, barren lifeless tracts of death.
(can / must)
5. Malcolm thought that Barb..............
not love an ugly person like him. (can/could)
6. It ............... rain tomorrow. (may /
shall)
7. You ............... have liberty
without discipline. (can't / may not)
8. We.............. not eat in public
during Ramadan, in Dubai. (dare / must)
9. Tomorrow ............ be Sunday.
(may, will)
10. He ............... be thirty next
birthday. (shall I will)
(d) 1. If a woman proposed to a man
in a leap year, he ............ accept it unless he was already engaged. (had
to / used to)
2. Barb was so afraid that she
............... not make a reply to Malcolm. (could / can)
3. Junod suggested that a rescue
expedition ............... be organised at once. (should/would)
4. A new war ............... leave
nothing behind worthy of mention. (would/could) 5. Force alone ..............
not solve man's problems. (can / shall)
6. I did not know who headed Telco. I
thought it ............... be one of the Tatas. (need / must)
7. The film ............... to be a
great success. (should / ought)
8. My hostel mates told me I
............... use the opportunity to go to Pune. (should/would)
9. She ...............never have been
pretty. (can/could)
10. You ........... start somewhere,
otherwise no woman will ever be able to work in your factories. (may/must)
Answers
I. (a) 1. must 2. must 3. had to 4.
would 5. used 6. could 7. should 8, 9. must 10. will.
(b) 1. should 2. must 3. can 4.
shouldn't 5. can 6. should 7. could 8. might 9. May 10. would.
(c) 1. should 2. could 3. must 4. can
5. could 6. may 7. may not 8. dare 9. will 10. will.
(d) 1. had to 2. could 3. should 4.
would 5. can 6. must 7. ought 8. should 9. could 10. must.
