英语语法　情态动词专题训练及答案

　　英语语法　情态动词专题训练及答案

　　Exercises:

　　1. _____ you play baseball? No, I _______.

　　A. Can; may B. Can cant C. May; cant D. can; can

　　2. ______ I hand in the paper this week? No, you ______. You _____ hand it in next week.

　　A. Must; needn may B. will; mustn ought to

　　C. Shall; can have to D. Should; didnt have to; can

　　3. There were already 4 people in the car but they managed to take John as well. It ______ a comfortable journey.

　　A. cant be B. wouldnt be　C. mustnt have been D. couldnt have been

　　4. Its nearly eight oclock. They ______ be here at any moment.

　　A. must B. can C. should D. need

　　5. ______ I take the magazine out of the reading room? Sorry, you _____.

　　A. May; mustnt B. Must; cant C. will; didnt have to C. Can; arent able to

　　6. The boss say to the secretary, If you work well, you _____ have a rise.

　　A. shall B. would C. must D. ought

　　7. Lets sing a song, ______ we?

　　A. will B. cant C. shall D. do

　　8. ______ you go so soon? No, I ______ go yet.

　　A Must; mustnt B. Shall; wont　C. Can; may not D. Must; neednt

　　9. The book I borrowed from the library isnt here. Who __________?

　　A. could have taken it B. must have taken it　C. might take it D. should take it.

　　10. They went to the lecture, but it had been put off. Oh, so they _______.

　　A. neednt have gone B. should have gone　C. mustnt have gone D. dont need to go

　　11. ________ I have a glass of beer? No, Im afraid you ________.

　　A. Can cant B. Could; wont C. May; darent D. Shall; may

　　12. Isnt that Tom playing basketball? It ______ be; he fell off the ladder yesterday and got badly hurt.

　　A. mustnt B. would rather not C. couldnt D. wouldnt

　　13. Need he go? Yes, he ______.

　　A. need B. can C. may D. must

　　14. Tell me how you work out the answer, _______ you?

　　A. can B. will C. dont D. shant

　　15. You promised your friend a letter; you ought to ______ days ago.

　　A. write B. be writing C. have written D. be written

　　16. She had done more work in one day than her brother _______ in three days.

　　A will do B. may do C. could do D. has done

　　17. The teacher told the student that he ______ pay for the missing magazine.

　　A. didnt need to B. need not to C. mustnt D. not had to

　　18. It is Saturday tomorrow. I _______ get up early.

　　A. dont need B. neednt to C. cant D. neednt

　　19. You made a lot of spelling mistakes in your composition. You ______ after you finished writing it.

　　A. mustnt have gone it over B. shouldnt have gone it over　C. neednt have gone it over D. cant have gone it over

　　20. Miss Wilson isnt in the office, so she _______ in one of the computer rooms.

　　A. must work B. must be working　C. should have to work D. needs to work

　　NMET

　　1. A computer ______ think for itself; it must be told what to do.

　　A. cant B. couldnt C. may not D. might not

　　2. Jenny _______ have kept her word. I wonder why she changed her mind.

　　A. must B. should C. need D. would

　　3. We _______ last night, but we went to the concert instead.

　　A. must have studied B. might study 　C. should have studied D. would study

　　4. ---- Could I borrow your dictionary?

　　---- Yes, of course you ______.

　　A. might B. will C. can D. should

　　5. Tom ought not to _______ me your secret, but he meant no harm.

　　A. have told B. tell C. be telling D. having told

　　6. ---- If he _______, he ________ that food.

　　---- Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

　　A. was warmed; would not take　B. had been warmed; would not have taken　C. would be warmed; had not taken　D. would have be warmed; had not taken

　　7. Peter ______ come with us tonight, but he isnt very sure yet.

　　A. must B. may C. can D. will

　　8. I told Sally how to get here, but perhaps I _______ for her.

　　A. had to write it out　B. must have written it out　C. should have written it out　D. ought to write it out

　　9. I didnt see your sister at the meeting. If she _______, she would have met my brother.

　　A. has come B. did come C. came D. had come

　　10. ----Shall I tell John about it?

　　---- No, you _______. Ive told him already.

　　A. neednt B. wouldnt C. mustnt D. shouldnt

　　11. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ______.

　　A. breaks B. has broken C. were broken D. had been broken

　　12. Without electricity human life ______ quite difficult today.

　　A. is B. will be C. would have been D. would be

　　13. He ________ you more help, even though he was very busy.

　　A. might have given　B. might give　C. may give　D. would give

　　14. Johnny, you _______ play with the knife, you ________ hurt yourself.

　　A. won cant B. mustnt may C. shouldn must D. can shouldnt

　　15. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone ______ get out.

　　A. had to B. would C. could D. was able to

　　16. ----When can I come for the photos? I need them tomorrow afternoon.

　　----They ______ be ready by 12:00.

　　A. can B. should C. might D. need

　　17 ---- I stayed at a hotel while in New York.

　　----Oh, did you? You ______ with Barbara.

　　A. could have stay B. could stay　C. would stay D. must have stayed

　　18 ---Will you stay for lunch?

　　---- Sorry, _______. My brother is coming to see me.

　　A. I mustnt B. I cant C. I neednt D. I wont

　　19 ---- Are you coming to Jeffs party?

　　---- I m not sure. I ______ go to the concert instead.

　　A. must B. would C. should D. might

　　20 A left-luggage office is a place where bags _____ be left for a short time, especially at a railway station.

　　A. should B. can C. must D. will

　　Keys:

　　Exercises 1-5 BADCA 6-10 ACDAA

　　11-15 ACDBC 16-20 CADDB

　　NMET 1-5 ABCCA 6-10 BBCDA

　　11-15 CDABD 16-20 BABDB