B1 Modal Verbs MOD003

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. ___________________ I use your pen, please?

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

3. You ___________________ write 30 sentences for homework because you

have misbehaved.
4. You ___________________ to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.

5. Please, excuse me but I really ___________________ go now.

6. John, you ___________________ speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you!

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

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

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

10. You ___________________ make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.
11. She ___________________ work hard because she’s a single parent and has little money.

12. You ___________________ go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got
some time left.
13. According to the weather report it ___________________ rain this afternoon.

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

15. That __________________ be John over there. He said he would be in America this week.

16. You ___________________ take the test seriously, even if you already have enough
good grades to pass.
17. I ___________________ go out tonight, but I don’t think so. I feel too tired.

18. ___________________ Mary come with us?

19. You ___________________ speak French. I can speak English quite well.
20. You ___________________ take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium.
Otherwise you won’t get in.
 B1 Modal Verbs MOD004

Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more
than one answer is possible.

CAN – CAN’T - COULDN’T – COULD HAVE - HAD TO – MIGHT - MUST - MUSTN’T -

NEEDN’T – SHOULD HAVE - WOULD

1. It’s quite warm outside so you __________________ put on a coat.

2. You __________________ go home now. You __________________ finish

writing those emails. They can wait until tomorrow.
3. He __________________ gone to the doctor when he started feeling ill. Now it’s going
to take longer for him to recover,
4. According to the weather report it __________________ rain today, but I’m not so
sure about it.
5. My mother gave me an important letter to post, so I ________________ forget to post it.

6. You __________________ come if you don’t want to.

7. Children __________________ play with matches.

8. That _________________ be Harry. He said he was going to Paris. What’s he doing here?

9. We will have to take a taxi to the airport, otherwise we __________________ miss

our plane.
10. I __________________ like to go to the cinema with you this weekend. How about it?

11. When I went to Spain for the first time, I __________________ speak a word of Spanish.
12. This jewellery is very valuable. My grandmother gave it to me. You __________________
look after it carefully and __________________ lose it.

13. She felt ill and __________________ leave the office earlier.

14. You __________________ be very thirsty. I’ll bring you something to drink right away.

15. You should buy a lottery ticket this weekend. You __________________ win up to
3 million dollars.
16. You __________________ informed me about the flight delay.

17. __________________ you pass me the sugar, please?

18. You __________________ smoke in public places or restaurants. It’s against the law.