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1.
Why didn’t you help him? You ___ have done it.
A) must
B) can
C) could
D) were to
E) was able to
2.
A: ___ I phone you tonight?
B: Yes, you ___ .
A) may / may
B) must / might
C) could / can’t
D) shouldn’t / shouldn’t
E) have to / had to
3.
But I ___ stay in England for six months, and not for a fortnight as
I had planned.
A) had to
B) have to
C) am able to
D) can
E) shall have
4.
-I ___ draw a circle with a pencil only, and you?
-Neither can I.
A) can’t
B) can
C) may
D) shan’t
E) couldn’t
5.
Last week I ___ go to town on business trip as the Ministry of
Education had asked me to come.
A) had to
B) might
C) should
D) could
E) was able to
6.
If one person is careless with a library book, then it ___ be read
by others.
A) can’t
B) couldn’t
C) may
D) can
E) mightn’t
7.
After a book is written, it passes through the heads of very many
different workers. Each worker works carefully, for there ___ not
be any mistakes.
A) must
B) couldn’t
C) could
D) might
E) has to
8.
He tried, but ___ persuade nobody.
A) could
B) couldn’t
C) can
D) might
E) won’t
9.
People who know a foreign language ___ learn a second one
easily.
A) may
B) should
C) mustn’t
D) can
E) needn’t
10. ___ I have a word with you, please?
A) may
B) had to
C) have to
D) must
E) am able to
11. At first I ___ skate well, now I ___ .
A) couldn’t / can
B) may / can
C) mustn’t / can
D) should / shouldn’t
E) must / needn’t
12. She said they ___ go to the cinema if they liked.
A) must
B) may
C) can
D) had to
E) could
13. - What is your sister doing?
- She ___ be watching TV.
A) may
B) can’t
C) needn’t
D) has to
E) could
14. I didn’t want to go there but I ___ .
A) must
B) might
C) shall
D) can’t
E) had to
15. - ___ I go there now?
- No, you ___ .
A) can / hadn’t to
B) am / aren’t
C) must / needn’t
D) might / could
E) should / will
16. - Where is he?
- He ___ be walking in the park.
A) can’t
B) is able to
C) has to
D) must
E) ought to
TEST 8
Modals
17. Visitors ___ stay in the hospital after ten pm.
A) might not
B) needn’t
C) couldn’t
D) must not
E) didn’t have to
18. We had an appointment yesterday afternoon but he ___ see me.
A) might not
B) cannot
C) have to
D) mustn’t
E) wasn’t able to
19. I didn’t ___ ring her up for she did it herself.
A) had to
B) could
C) be to
D) have to
E) must
20. The rain was so sudden that everybody ___ take a shelter.
A) can
B) could
C) have to
D) are to
E) had to
21. If you ___ fix a radio, you ___ repair a TV too.
A) can / will be able to B) must / may
C) couldn’t / can
D) need / has to
E) may / needn’t to
22. -I’ve examined you very carefully. I think all you ___ is a good
rest.
-But I’m still feeling sick. Why don’t you look at my tongue?
-It ___ a rest too.
A) must / may
B) might / can
C) need / could
D) should / have to
E) need / needs
23. You ___ do this work yourself, if you try.
A) can
B) had to
C) must
D) was able to
E) were to do
24. Guests of the hotel ___ warn the clerk in advance when they
leave.
A) can
B) may
C) must
D) is to
E) had to
25. My mother ___ neither read nor write after the operation and
now I ___ help her.
A) have to / must
B) could / have to
C) couldn’t / had to
D) were able / can
E) might / need
26. ___ I borrow your text-book? I’ve left mine at home.
A) am able to
B) must
C) have to
D) need
E) may
27. People ___ exercise regularly, otherwise they will get out of
shape.
A) must not
B) should
C) can
D) might
E) has to
28. “Ma,” said a little girl, “Willie wants the biggest piece of cake,
and I think I ___ have it, because he was eating cakes two years
before I was born.”
A) couldn’t
B) has to
C) is to
D) should
E) had to
29. -I live near my work.
-So you ___ go to the office by crowded buses.
A) have to
B) are able to
C) don’t have to
D) would have to
E) can’t
30. -I ___ go to the cinema yesterday.
-Why?
-Because I ___ complete my work.
A) can’t / must
B) couldn’t / had to
C) didn’t have to / may
D) wasn’t to / need
E) should / have to
31. The skier broke his leg and ___ compete in the recent Olympic
Games.
A) couldn’t
B) mustn’t
C) had to
D) can’t
E) might
Book 1 Part C
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