Lesson 1 Theme: Topic: Latest achievements of Uzbekistan Grammar: The Future Simple Tense

Exercises 6 – All Modals
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the following modals:
can, could, be able to, may, might, shall, should, must, have to, don’t have to, need to
– You may have to make the modals negative according to the context of the sentence.
– There may be more than one possibility.

1. 
   He has to take his car to be serviced. The brakes are squeaking.
   
2. 
   Would you please save me a seat at the dinner event.
   
3. 
   If you are sick, you ________ go to work. You’ll infect everyone there.
   
4. 
   Drivers _______ stop at red lights.
   
5. 
   You _______ finish the proposal today. You can finish it tomorrow.
   
6. 
   She ______ hear much better with her new hearing aids.
   
7. 
   ______ I order us a bottle of wine?
   
8. 
   Sam ______ pick his daughter up from school. She’s taking the bus home.
   
9. 
   You _____________ smoke here. It’s a smoke-free building.
   
10. 
    You ________ eat so many sweets. They are bad for you.
    
11. 
    _________ you mind walking a little faster? We’re going to be late.
    
12. 
    I’m sorry. I _______ help you. I don’t know how to do it.
    

Answers:

shouldn’tmustdon’t have tocanshallneedn’tmustn’tshouldn’twouldcan’t

Exercises 7 Click the correct modal or modal form to fit the sentence.
Note: In some questions more than one of the answer choices may be heard in current English. The answer shown as correct is the one that is expected in traditional grammar.

Q1. I didn’t feel very well yesterday. I ..... eat anything.

1. 
   cannot
   
2. 
   couldn’t
   
3. 
   mustn’t
   

Q2. You ..... look at me when I am talking to you.

1. 
   could
   
2. 
   should
   
3. 
   would
   

Q3. I was using my pencil a minute ago. It ..... be here somewhere!

1. 
   can
   
2. 
   could
   
3. 
   must
   
4. 
   would