Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below.

Sometimes more than one

answer is possible.

MAY – MIGHT – CAN – CAN’T – SHOULD – SHOULDN’T – MUST – HAVE TO – HAS TO -

NEEDN’T – MUSTN’T – DON’T HAVE TO – DOESN’T HAVE TO

1. _________May__________ I use your pen, please?

2. You really _____should______________ see that new documentary. It’s fantastic.

3. You _____must_______ write 30 sentences for homework because you have misbehaved.

4. You _____needn’t______________ to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.

5. Please, excuse me but I really ___have to________________ go now.

6. John, you __musn’t_________________ speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you!

7. We __might____________ watch TV tonight. We haven’t decided yet.

8. If you’ve got such a bad cough, you __shouldn’t_________________ smoke.

9. I am happy to inform you that I _____can_____ come to work next week.

10. You ____mustn’t__________ make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.

11. She ___has to________ work hard because she’s a single parent and has little money.

12. You __needn’t_____ go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got some time left.

13. According to the weather report it __may_________________ rain this afternoon.

14. He __can_________________ speak Italian fluently because he spent 5 years there.

15. That __can’t______ be John over there. He said he would be in America this week.

16. You _should_ take the test seriously, even if you already have enough good grades to
pass.

17. I _might______ go out tonight, but I don’t think so. I feel too tired.

18. ___Can________________ Mary come with us?

19. You __needn’t_________________ speak French. I can speak English quite well.

20.You _must_take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium. Otherwise you won’t get in