Grammar Quiz

Modal Auxiliary Verb Quizzes


Preview 20 Quizzes about Modal Auxiliary Verb

Which modal verb do we use to explain a need or urgent want?

A. Need
B. May
C. Might
D. Should


You ……………………………. leave the class before 1 o’clock.

A. Must
B. Can
C. Might


You look tired. You….. go to bed earlier.

A. Should
B. Must


Which modal verb do we use to describe a past ability to do something?

A. Can
B. Should
C. Could
D. Must


You look tired. You ___ go to bed.

A. Should
B. Ought
C. Are to


In California, you ___ have a driver’s license to drive a car.

A. Has to
B. Must
C. Don’t have to
D. Must not


__ we stay or leave?

A. Will
B. Would
C. Shall


We …………………… watch TV so much.

A. May not
B. Cannot
C. Need not


‘Why don’t you ask your sister to come along with us to the movie?’ ‘I did, but she … stay at home.’

A. used to
B. might
C. can
D. could
E. would rather


In some states, it is illegal to talk on a cell phone in your car. Those drivers ___ use phones in their cars.

A. Don’t have to
B. Should
C. Must not
D. Must


You…..speak during the exam.

A. Don’t have to
B. Mustn’t


I’m a good swimmer. I…….swim a hundred lengths of the swimming pool.

A. Can
B. Must


The project …………………. finish in two years time.

A. Could not
B. Cannot
C. Must


She … do more than two tasks at one time yesterday.

  1. could
  2. can


When you are putting gasoline in your gas tank, you ___ smoke! It is forbidden.

A. Must not
B. Must
C. Have to
D. Don’t have to


Which modal verb do we use to express a moral obligation?

A. Need
B. May
C. Might
D. Should


Have you seen Anna? I…….speak to her.

A. Need to
B. Should


… I resend my resume?

  1. would
  2. shall


You …………………. run faster if you weren’t so lazy.

A. Can
B. Could
C. May


Had the applicant sent his resume before the deadline, he … worked here.

  1. might
  2. might have


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