Exercise - Modal Auxiliary

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.
1) We…………….obey the rules.
2) ………….you wait for some time?
3) The chair is very light. Even a small child ………………..lift it.
4) It is cloudy. It …….rain soon.
5) ……………………you live long!
6) There ……………….be a well in front of our house.
7) I ………………..cross a dark jungle.
8) You ……………….take an umbrella as it is not raining.
9) We …………………….obey our teachers.
10) We …………………to help the poor.
11) We ……………………die sooner or later.
12) A servant …………………..obey his master.
13) We …………………..run if we want to catch the bus.
14) He ………………..attend the meeting, but I am not sure.
15) ……………………that I were rich!
16) …………………..you mind giving me your calculator for a minute?
17) Soldiers die so that the countrymen ……………………live.
18) My grandmother is 85 but she ………………….read and write without glasses.
19) You ………not lose any more weight. You are already slim.
20) I …………………..get you a shawl from Kashmir. I promise.
21) …………….you mind if I borrowed your car?

22) Our country ……………………become a superpower by 2025.
23) There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You …………………buy any.
24) It is a hospital. You …………………not smoke.
25) …………………….you stand on your head for more than a minute? No I ………………….

Answers:
1) must
2) would/ could
3) can
4) may
5) May
6) used to
7) dare not
8) need not
9) should
10) should/ ought to
11) must
12) must
13) must
14) might
15) Would
16) Would
17) may
18) can
19) need
20) will
21) Would

22) may
23) need not
24) must not
25) Can , cannot (can't)