Mangaldan National High School

S.Y. 2020-2021
ENGLISH 9
SUMMATIVE TEST 1 (QUARTER 1)

Name: ______________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________

Direction: Read each question carefully and write the letter of the correct
answer for each of the following items.

A. Modals of Permission

1. A type of auxiliary verbs that is used to express ability, possibility, permission or

obligation is called _____________.
A. helping verb B. modal C. permission D. combination

2. Which of the following helping verbs is not a modal of permission?

A. may B. could C. ought to D. can

3. The teacher said we _______ read this book for our own pleasure but it is optional.
A. should B. could C. must D. can

4. Joey: “____________ I use your laptop for an hour, John?”

5. John: “I am sorry but you _________”. I have to finish my report using the laptop.
A. must B. can’t C. could D. can

6. Janus: “______________ I have this dance please, Girlie?”

7. Girlie: Sure! Actually, you _____________ dance with me the whole night.
A. Could B. may C. might D. can’t

B. Modals of Obligation, Advice and Recommendation

Which of the modal verbs best describe the statement in item numbers 8, 9 and 10?
A. Have to B. should C. must D. need to
8. ________ is a modal verb that shows that the obligation comes from someone
else, not the speaker. It is usually referring to a rule or law.
9. ________ is a modal verb that shows that the obligation comes from the speaker.
10.________ is a modal verb used for the present and the future. It is used to give
advice to someone and to make recommendations.
11. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He ________ take a rest from work.
A. must B. mustn’t C. can’t D. should
12. Land owners _________ pay the real estate taxes on time in order to avoid penalty.
A. should B. have to C. must D. can
13. I was reading the book last night before I went to bed. I never took it out of this
room. It ________ be lying around here somewhere. Where (14) _________ it be?
A. have to B. must C. could D. might
15.All citizens of the Philippines _________ to abide by the law stipulated in the
constitution of the country.
A. need to B. should C. must D. have to
16. When your friends go to Hong Kong, you ____________ visit the Disneyland.
A. could B. should C. must D. have to
17. Leah: Where is the can opener? It ________ be in this drawer.
Mary: I just did a load of dishes last night and they are still in the dish washer.
18. It ___________ be there! That’s the only other place it (19) ____________ be.
A. could B. must C. should D. might

C. Modals of Prohibition
20. You ________ leave small objects lying around. It might be swallowed by children.
A. can’t B. should C. will D. mustn’t
21. You are at the court zone. You ________ blow your horn.
A. must B. mustn’t C. can’t D. should
22. There is plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You ______ buy any.
A. must B. can’t C. need not D. should

D. Modals of Possibility
23. I _______speak Nihongo fluently when I was a child. But now, that we live in the
Philippines for than 20 years, I can just say few things in the language.
A. can B. could C. must D. should
24. Karen: I don’t know why Diana starting crying when I mentioned the wedding.
Penny: It _________ have been what you said about her brother. Or perhaps she is
Just nervous. After all, the big day is tomorrow.
A. might B. should C. will D. can
25. A person mustn’t smoke in the public places. Mustn’t is a modal of _________
A. permission B. prohibitions C. obligation D. futurity
26. I must pass this test in order to get high grades. Must in the sentence is used to
express ___________.
A. ability B. prohibition C. obligation D. advice
27. May I go to the toilet, mam? May in the sentence is a modal of ___________
A. possibility B. advice C. recommendation D. permission

E. Conditionals
28. A type of sentence with two clauses. They are used to express that the action in
the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause
with if) is fulfilled is called _________.
A. result B. effect C. conditional D. cause and effect

Choose what type of conditional is described in the following sentences:

A. Zero Conditional B. First Conditional C. Second Conditional D. Third Conditional

28. "He would have gone with you if you had asked him." Which conditional is this?
30. “If I won a million dollars, I would buy my own airplane." Which conditional is
this?
31. "What will she do if she misses the bus?" Which conditional is this?
32. "If I forget her birthday, Andrea gets upset." Which conditional is this?
33. If she comes, I _________you.
A. would called B. call C. would call D. called
34. What will you do if you ________ the history exam?
A. would fail B. fail C. Couldn’t fail D. will
35. If he ________ harder, he would climb the Mount Everest.
A. tries B. have tried C. had tried D. tried
36. If they had not _____ the car, I would have driven you.
A. taken B. would take C. take D. takes
37. If I eat peanut butter, I ________ sick.
A. would have gotten B. would get C. get D. had gotten
38. If it rains hard, ________ still drive to Baguio City?
A. will you B. would you C. would you have D. can’t
39. If I _____________, I would help you push the cart
A. were stronger B. been stronger C. strong D. am strong
40. If you _________, I would have brought my friends over to your house last night to
watch TV, but I didn't want to bother you.
A. have studied C. hadn’t been studying
B. studied D. didn’t study

Prepared by:

English Teachers of Grade 9

Checked by:

OFELIA B. MANGSAT
Head Teacher VI,