Thursday 20 May 2021

MODALS OVERVIEW (3BIL)

 Modal verbs



Remember
Modal verbs are followed by an infinitive without "to", also called the bare infinitive.

Examples:

  • You must stop when the traffic lights turn red.
  • You should see to the doctor.
  • There are a lot of tomatoes in the fridge. You need not buy any.

Grammar Exercise - Modals


Do the exercise on modal verbs and click on the button to check your answers

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on modal verbs )

Choose the right modal verb

  1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You  buy any.
  2. It's a hospital. You  smoke.
  3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He  be tired after such hard work. He  prefer to get some rest.
  4.  speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I  just say a few things in the language.
  5. The teacher said we  read this book for our own pleasure as it is optional. But we  read it if we don't want to.
  6.  you stand on your head for more than a minute? No, I  .
  7. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you  to work hard.
  8. Take an umbrella. It  rain later.
  9. You  leave small objects lying around . Such objects  be swallowed by children.
  10. People  walk on grass.
  11. Drivers  stop when the traffic lights are red.
  12.  I ask a question? Yes, of course.
  13. You   take your umbrella. It is not raining.
  14.  you speak Italian? No, I  .

Choose the correct answer

  1. He  French. His French is terrible.
  2. The kids are calm today. They  tired.
  3. Although Leila was very hungry, she didn't eat very much. She  the food.
  4. The phone is ringing. It  Mary. She promised she would call.
  5. John had a terrible accident. He  when the traffic lights were red.
  6. I don't know why she got so many bad grades. She  lazy studying.
  7. I didn't know you needed help. You  me.
  8. I am so tired. I need some rest. I think I  a week off.
  9. He  so fast when he was young.
  10. Nancy  on holidy. I have just met her in the street.
 

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