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MODAL AUXILIARIES

Ex. 1 Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate verb.
1.      On Saturdays, we …….to school in informal dress. (must/can/need)
2.      Varun …… go for a vacation this summer. (can/ Need/ May)
3.      When I was young, I …… swim across Ganga. (can/ May/ Could)
4.      You ………not raise your voice. (could/should/may)
5.      I ……. Work hard to improve my performance. (Must/ may/ need)
6.      …….we play football? (can/ should/ shall)
7.      The astrologer ….. to leave the village
8.      The Indian Eleven ……. not be disheartened.(must/ need/ have)
9.      …………we go to their help? (can/ shall/ must)
10.  She ……come tomorrow.(may/need/shall)
11.  ……have your book? (may/can)
12.  Tomorrow ….. be a holiday. (shall/will)
13.  Do not put off till tomorrow what you …. Do today. (may/can)
14.  He ….not tell a lie before me. (may/dare)
15.  You …..come whenever you like. (may/might)
16.  ……..god help you. (may/might)
17.   We …….honour our parents . (should, ought)
18.  ……. You please let me have your book? (should/could)
19.   You …. Carry out government orders. (should/must)
20.  He tried hard but … not lift it. (can/could)

Ex. 2  Fill in the blanks using appropriate modals.

1.       People …….. to vacate the village, as the flood has crossed the danger mark. (Necessity)
2.      I ……borrow from this library very soon. (Ability)
3.      We ……help the needy. (Desirability)
4.      …….I carry your luggage? (Permission)
5.      You …..not go until you finish this assignment. (Prohibition)
6.      She ….. climb the hill when she was in college. (past ability)
7.      ……..you teach my brother phonetics, please? (polite request)
8.      I …….. read French. (ability)
9.      They …..not enter the kitchen with shoes on. (prohibition)
10.  …….we have a cup of tea?( suggestion)
11.  You ….. write assignment in this book. (permission)
12.  We …… to take our umbrella as it is raining. (necessity)
13.  We ….. take bath in the morning daily. (desirability)
14.  Your wrist watch is almost new. You ……. Buy another one. (absence of necessity)
15.  You ….. smoke at a petrol pump. It is highly inflammable. (negative obligation)
16.  ……. You sweep my drawing room? (polite request)
17.  No one …….. carry explosives in the train. (negative prohibition)
18.  Do you think I ….. take it back to the shop? (desirability)
19.  She ….. impress anybody when she ….. young. (past ability)
20.  You …….come to see me tomorrow.  (permission)


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