Go to English Grammar Exercises
Question 1: I think it ________ rain today.
(A) shall
(B) may
(C) might
(D) ought to
Question 2: It is a rule and you ________ obey it strictly.
(A) should
(B) could
(C) must
(D) need to
Question 3: Choose the correct alternative for underline part
Would you like (to have) some water?
(A) Do
(B) Shall
(C) Can
(D) No improvement
Question 4: ________ I come in?
(A) May
(B) Will
(C) Can
(D) Should
Question 5: ________ you play with us?
(A) May
(B) Will
(C) Shall
(D) Can
Question 6: I ________ swim across the river when I was young.
(A) could
(B) can
(C) should
(D) must
Question 7: It ________ not surprise you if you were eyed coldly by the conductor.
(A) should
(B) shall
(C) will
(D) would
Question 8: They ________ be sorry for their behaviour.
(A) need not
(B) ought to
(C) should
(D) must
Question 9: If you read newspapers, you ________ notice that there is definite space for letters.
(A) would
(B) could
(C) will
(D) can
Question 10: If you had not been there, I ________ differently.
(A) might have acted
(B) might act
(C) might acted
(D) may have acted
Question 11: Calamities such as earthquakes _______ by a human being.
(A) would not be controlled
(B) may not be controlled
(C) should not be controlled
(D) cannot be controlled
Question 12: You ________ obey the advice of your teacher.
(A) could
(B) are
(C) should
(D) can
Question 13: For a better future, we ________ our forests.
(A) must conserve
(B) conserve
(C) cut
(D) may conserve
Question 14: All the youngsters ________ respect their elders and teachers.
(A) can
(B) may
(C) might
(D) must
Question 15: Your child is safe in the hands of a policeman. You ________ not worry.
(A) can
(B) dare
(C) need
(D) should
Question 16: “________ you please open that window?”- she asked politely.
(A) Could
(B) Can
(C) Must
(D) Shall
Question 17: You ________ have caught the train if you had run fast.
(A) must
(B) can
(C) should
(D) could
Question 18: Raj ________ speak English.
(A) can
(B) may
(C) would
(D) is
Question 19: You ________ help your poor friends.
(A) will
(B) would
(C) ought to
(D) may
Question 20: How ________ you talk to my wife?
(A) ought
(B) dare
(C) need
(D) might
Practice this as well:
- Verb Forms Exercises
- Causative Verbs Exercises
- Preposition Exercise Quiz
- Conjunctions Exercises Quiz
Question 21: We ________ keep our city clean.
(A) should
(B) could
(C) would
(D) none
Question 22: Use correct verb.
Electricity ________ in every village.
(A) should be supply
(B) should supply
(C) should be supplied
(D) should supplied
Question 23: Fill in the blank.
He ________ be doctor, if he worked hard.
(A) should
(B) will
(C) would
(D) shall
Question 24: ________ God bless you, dear!
(A) Will
(B) May
(C) Can
(D) Might
Question 25: To avoid accidents, we ________ have to follow traffic rules and regulations.
(A) should
(B) must
(C) could
(D) shall
Question 26: You ________ wear a sweater to keep yourself warm.
(A) must
(B) can
(C) might
(D) could
Question 27: You ________ go home.
(A) may
(B) can
(C) might
(D) Not Any
Question 28: Choose an appropriate modal auxiliary for the following sentence.
Every one ________ keep surrounding clean.
(A) can
(B) should
(C) could
(D) None of the above
Question 29: ________ you have a wonderful result!
(A) Can
(B) May
(C) Might
(D) Could
Question 30: The level of flood is rising; the villagers ________ vacate the village immediately.
(A) must
(B) need to
(C) should
(D) ought to
Question 31: George has travelled a lot. He ________ speak many languages.
(A) should
(B) can
(C) will
(D) must
Question 32: Select the appropriate option and fill in the blank.
When Hemant was at Chirag’s flat yesterday, Hemant asked if he ________ uses the phone.
(A) can
(B) may
(C) must
(D) could
Question 33: I ________ to be an atheist but I believe in God.
(A) would
(B) could
(C) ought
(D) used
Question 34: I was afraid that if I asked him again he ________ refuse.
(A) might
(B) can
(C) may
(D) shall
Question 35: If the doctor had come earlier, he ________ the patient.
(A) could have saved
(B) could have been saved
(C) would save
(D) can have saved
Question 36: I ________ leave now. It is too late.
(A) may
(B) shall
(C) should
(D) must
Question 37: She was ________ late that she ________ catch the train.
(A) so, could not
(B) too, can
(C) too, cannot
(D) so, could
Question 38: Fill in the blank with proper form of verb:
“Excuse me ! ________ you speak English?”
(A) can
(B) are
(C) is
(D) does
Question 39: Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary :
‘You ________ wait outside.’
(A) need
(B) ought to have
(C) must
(D) dare
Question 40: Had he tried, he ________ the match.
(A) won
(B) would win
(C) could have won
(D) wins