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ELEMENTARY

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

7

modals

Choose the best alternative.

1.

_____ you speak Spanish?
A) May

B) Are

C) Can

D) Is

2.

A: _____ I go?   B: Yes, you can.
A) Could

B) Am

C) Need

D) Did

3.

_____ you help me with my homework?
A) Are

B) May

C) Can

D) Need

4.

You _____ enter without a tie.
A) aren’t

B) can’t

C) ought not

D) weren’t

5.

Cigarettes _____ seriously damage your health.
A) are

B) do

C) can

D) were

6.

_____ you post this letter for me?
A) Will

B) Shall

C) May

D) Are

7.

_____ I open the window?
A) Will

B) Shall

C) Am

D) Do

8.

We _____ leave now or we’ll be late.
A) has to

B) must

C) can

D) will

9.

If you had video, you _____ record it yourself tonight.
A) could

B) can

C) must

D) may

10. Please _____ make noise.

A) didn’t

B) don’t

C) can’t

D) may not

11. _____ open the windows. I’m cold.

A) Don’t

B) Can’t

C) Mustn’t

D) Needn’t

12. Shoes _____ be either black or brown.

A) don’t

B) are

C) may

D) need

13. A: My car has been stolen.

B: _____.
A) You should ring the police.

B) Will you phone the police?

C) Could you ring the police?

D) You are phoning the police.

14. A: I bought this pen today and it doesn’t work.

B: _____.
A) Could you fill it with ink?

B) Shall I give you another one?

C) You should take it back.

D) It cannot be expensive.

15. He _____ read faster a few years ago.

A) can

B) could

C) might

D) must

16. _____ you pass the salt, please?

A) Do

B) Are

C) Should

D) Could

17. _____ you remember which shoe you put on first this morning?

A) May

B) Can

C) Should

D) Were

18. You _____ be hungry. You’ve just had dinner.

A) aren’t

B) can’t

C) may

D) must

19. You _____ be hungry. You had no lunch.

A) can’t

B) shouldn’t

C) must

D) couldn’t

20. Sorry, this _____ be my bag. Mine is brown.

A) can’t

B) must

C) can

D) could

21. I _____ not have time to phone you this evening.

A) may

B) must

C) would

D) didn’t

22. He probably _____ be back in time for dinner.

A) isn’t

B) wasn’t

C) won’t

D) doesn’t

23. Take a sweater with you. It_____ get cold later.

A) won’t

B) might

C) would

D) need

24. A: She can’t sing.

B: Neither_____.
A) do I

B) could I

C) am I

D) can I

25. It’s very cold. You _____ to put a sweater on.

A) should

B) ought

C) has

D) must

26. A: Will the director be back in the office today?

B: He said he _____ be, but he wasn’t sure.
A) can

B) might

C) may

D) has to

27. A: Is this a 24 bus coming?

B: It__ be. I can’t see the number yet.
A) might

B) can’t

C) may not

D) must

28. A: _____.

B: I’m sorry, but I haven’t got my car.
A) Will you give me a lift?

B) Shall I drive you to school?

C) Could you drive a bit faster? D) When shall we meet?

29. A: _____.

B: Yes, please. Can I give you the money now?
A) Will you lend me some money?
B) Will you buy some fruit on the way back home
C) Shall we go to the opera tonight?
D) Shall I get you a ticket for the Madonna Concert?

30. If you don’t feel better you _____ go to bed.

A) ought

B) should

C) don’t have to   D) needn’t

31. I’ll_____ go now.

A) should

B) must

C) have to

D) ought to

32. You _____ get the 8.45 train. It doesn’t stop at Yorkshire.

A) had better

B) mustn’t

C) should

D) don’t have to

33. You _____ go near that dog! It’s very dangerous.

A) may not

B) don’t have to

C) mustn’t

D) needn’t

34. We  _____ play football  today because it is raining.

A) couldn’t

B) can’t

C) aren’t

D) didn’t

35. When I was a child I_____ drink a lot of milk.

A) should

B) may

C) used to

D) need

36. A: I’ve got toothache.    B: You’d _____ go to the dentist.

A) better

B) should

C) used to

D) must

37. Betty has a temperature. She _____ be ill.

A) had better

B) used to

C) can not

D) must

38. Good morning sir, what _____ I do for you?

A) would

B) can

C) shall

D) must

39. We _____ to stop pollution.

A) must

B) should

C) had better

D) ought

40. _____ careful! You are making mistakes.

A) Be

B) Must

C) Do

D) Did

41. _____ you answer the phone?

A) Were

B) Will

C) Are

D) Shall

42. A: I_____ play the guitar.

B: But you said yesterday you _____ play it.
A) can’t / could

B) can / could

C) couldn’t / can

D) could / could

43. I missed the bus this morning so I _____ walk to school.

A) have to

B) must

C) had to

D) ought

44. Vegetables _____ be washed carefully.

A) has to

B) have to

C) ought

D) might

45. He _____ drive a car when he was eighteen.

A) is able

B) could

C) can

D) is used to

46. You _____ watch TV when you are studying.

A) didn’t

B) shouldn’t

C) couldn’t

D) aren’t

47. I_____ like to listen to guitar music.

A) will

B) can

C) would

D) could

48. We _____ see him tomorrow.

A) might

B) would

C) had to

D) ought

49. _____ you able to understand the lesson this morning?

A) Were

B) Could

C) Would

D) Should

50. I don’t think we _____ be able to get to the airport in time?

A) can

B) are

C) will

D) could

51. I_____ see the President. There were too many people.

A) weren’t able to

B) don’t have to

C) couldn’t

D) am not able

52. _____ you mind if I used your dictionary?

A) Do

B) Will

C) Shall

D) Need

53. _____ run if you feel tired.

A) Mustn’t

B) Don’t

C) Don’t have to

D) Shouldn’t

Book 1 Part B

Modals (Elementary / Pre-Intermediate)