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

CAN - CAN’T – COULD – DON’T NEED - MAY - MIGHT – MIGHT NOT - MUST – MUST
HAVE – MUSTN’T - NEEDN’T – NEEDN’T HAVE - SHOULD - WILL

1. We be able to win, but I don’t think we have a good chance.

2. That be John. He said he was going to travel to Australia.

3. When I was younger, I sing very well.

4. I think you relax more. You have been working too much lately.

5. I ask you to help me later.

6. She left the house quietly. I didn’t hear her.

7. You to go shopping this weekend. We’ve got everything at

home.

8. You go in without a ticket. All seats are reserved.

9. All passengers put on their seatbelts during take-off and landing.

10. At what age you get a driving licence in your country?

11. You watered the plants. Dad has already done it.
12. In the US, young men join the army. It’s voluntary.

13. I promise I stop smoking.

14. Mom, you pass me the sugar please?

15. If you want to be a teacher, you attend a teacher’s training

college.
16. They taken the wrong train. Otherwise, they would be here by
now.

17. He’s not picking up the phone. He be home yet.

18. You have taken my advice and gone to the doctor. Your cold is
not going to get better if you wait.
19. You park in a no-parking area. It’s forbidden.

20. I go to the cinema to watch a movie, but I’m not sure.

Fill in the blanks using MUST, MUSTN’T, DON’T HAVE TO, SHOULD, SHOULDN’T, MIGHT, CAN,
CAN’T !

1. Rose and Ted be good players. They have won hundreds of cups !
2. You pay to use the library. It’s free.
3. I’m not sure where my wife is at the moment. She be at her dance
class.
4. Jerry be working today. He never works on Sundays.
5. You be 18 to see that film.
6. You hear this story. It’s very funny.
7. Dad go and see a doctor. His cough is getting worse all the time.
8. You don’t have to shout. I hear you very well.
9. It be him. I saw him a week ago, and he didn’t look like that.
10. You look pretty tired. I think you go to bed early tonight.
11. Let me look. I be able to help you.
12. “Children, you cross the street if the lights are red !”
13. You sit so near the TV. It’s bad for your eyes.
14. I’m sorry but I give you a lift because my car is broken.
15. I stop and talk to you now. I have to get to the library.
16. You really go to the Louvre if you’re in Paris. It’s wonderful.
17. You come to the party if you don’t feel well.
18. I don’t know where Kelly is. She be at her sister’s .
19. You have passed all your tests. You be very pleased with yourself.
20. You smoke in your car, especially if there are children sitting in the
back.
21. You work this evening. I can do the tasks for you.
22. John doesn’t need a calculator. He do sums in his head.
23. Passengers open the door when the train is moving.
24. It rain today. It’s getting cloudy already.
25. I pay for the tickets because I got them from Sam for free.