1. Ann is free today, so we ... go to the Party.
A) are to
B) can’t
C) ought
D) can
2. The lecturer
mentioned the name of the
town several times, but unfortunately I ...
remember it.
A) can
B) could
C) may
D) could not
3. Fatima doesn’t look like Nodir. She ... be his
sister.
A) has to
B) need
C) can’t
D) must
4. Excuse me, ... you tell me the time?
A) may
B) must
C) might
D) can
5. . . . you show me those black shoes?
A) may
B) must
C) can
D) have to
6. Hello, ... I speak to Peter, please?
A) might
B) must
C) can
D) has to
7. You ... do this work yourself, if you try.
A) can
B) had to
C) must
D) was able to
8. Mother, look, I . . . skate well.
A) can
B) may
C) could
D) have to
9. Helen ... come to school today. She isn’t very
well.
A) can’t
B) mustn’t
C) had to
D) should
10. The dog had run away and the children . . .
find it though they were looking for it the
whole day.
A) can
B) can’t
C) could
D) could not
11. Their house is in Chorsu and yours is in
Chilanzar. They ... live very close to you.
A) can
B) can’t
C) must not
D) couldn’t
12. I looked through this book for about 2
hours, but . . . find anything interesting.
A) can’t
B) couldn’t
C) may not
D) could
13. Never put off till tomorrow what you ... do
today.
A) have to
B) could
C) might
D) can
14. I’m sorry you ... smoke here.
A) had to
B) can’t
C) could
D) must
15. It was very difficult to hear: I ... understand
what she was saying.
A) can’t
B) may not
C) was able to
D) couldn’t
16. Last year I . . . skate well, but after some
practice I . . . now.
A) couldn’t/can
B) may/can’t
C) couldn’t/can’t
D) could/can’t
17. If you . . . fix a radio, you . . . repair a TV too.
A) can/will be able to
B) will be able to/can
C) couldn’t/can
D) could/are able to
18. She said they . . . go to the cinema if they
liked.
A) must
B) may
C) can
D) could
19. I was ill and . . . go to school for some days.
A) can’t
B) must
C) could
D) couldn’t
20. If one person is careless with a library book,
then it . . . be read by others.
A) can
B) could
C) may
D) can’t
21. It’s
a huge risk, and we can’t afford to
… or everything will go wrong.
A)
buy off
B) ins and outs
C) slip up
D) by and large
22. They tried to … the guard at the
bank … but
he told the police and the
gang were arrested.
A) slip / up
B) by / large
C) ins / outs
D) buy / off
23. Our Economics lecturer is on … for
the next six months, which means we'll have
someone new teaching us this semester.
A) diversion
B) sabbatical
C) hiatus
D) sabbatical
24. The band took a(n) … for three
months to have
a much-needed break from
one another.
A) dependency
B)
regatta
C) diversion
D) hiatus
25. This year's … is predicted to be the
best-attended for many a year with a crowd
of 10,000 expected
to turn out to see the
boats off.
A) regatta
B) hiatus
C) dependency
D) sabbatical
26. If you know the … of computers, you
should be able to get a good job.
A) by and large
B) buy off
C) slip up
D) ins and outs
27. For me, holidays are a welcome …
from the grim realities of working life.
A) dependency
B) diversion
C) sabbatical
D) deficiency
28. The tests showed up an iron … , so
now I have
to take supplements every
morning.
A) deficiency
B) regatta
C) diversion
D) dependency
29. … , Americans eat a light breakfast.
They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the
morning.
A) By and large
B)
Ins and outs
C) Slip up
D) Buy off
30. His alcohol … is becoming a real
issue which could potentially ruin his life.
A) hiatus
B) deficiency
C) dependency
D) regatta