Revision exercises: Modal verbs

6/13/2022 5:19:01 PM

" _____ you be a little bit quieter, ladies and gentlemen?" asked the teacher furiously.

  • Could
  • Dare
  • Should
  • Did

We _____ all the major points now because we _____ again until next Sunday.

  • can't discuss / can't have been meeting
  • must be discussing / didn't have to meet
  • should discuss / won't be able to meet
  • don't need to discuss / shouldn't meet

The children _____ in the garden because it's raining, so they _____ somewhere else.

  • mustn't be playing / can't be
  • may play / might be
  • must have played / should be
  • can't be playing / must be

There is no way you _____ all of your project in an hour, so you _____ the most important points and talk about those.

  • should be covered / ought to choose
  • must cover / will be chosen
  • ought to cover / have chosen
  • can cover / had better choose

As none of us have been there before, we _____ how much time we _____ for the journey.

  • won’t decide / allowed
  • can’t decide / should allow
  • might not decide / had allowed
  • aren’t decided / allow
  • haven’t been decided / will allow

Mrs. Redding, _____ you lend me two hundred dollars till next week, please?

  • must
  • could
  • should
  • shall

The doctors are doing all that they _____, but she's still not breathing properly.

  • can
  • may
  • shall
  • could

I was going to write my essay about British nuclear tests in the Australian Desert, but I ____ the topic when I ____ much information about them.

  • change / wasn’t able to find
  • had to change / couldn’t find
  • must change / haven’t found
  • used to change / might not find

_____ I talk to the principal in person, please? I _____ him something very important.

  • Will / have to tell
  • Should / am able to tell
  • Might / must tell
  • Can / may have told

A: ____ we drive to Sultan Ahmet in our new car?

B: Well, I ____ take the ferry to avoid the traffic.

  • May / must
  • Can / would like
  • Shall / would sooner
  • Would / had better

Drag the correct phrase for each blank. You do not need to use all the phrases below.

Easter Island, 3,000 km off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean is very far from land. Today, it is a small island with few people or trees, but at one time a lot of people lived there. Scientists believe that the original inhabitants by accident. Around 100 people on the western coast of the island.

But then the number of inhabitants increased too quickly. Scientists agree that the inhabitants on the island and finally all died.

The Easter Island statues are famous, but nobody knows why they are there or why there are so many. The statues , or Easter Island of a much bigger island.

The statues are very large and heavy, so they to move. Scientists still do not know how the inhabitants .

Complete the spaces in the following text using the given words.

LIFE DURING THE ICE AGE

During the Ice Age in Europe, approximately 15,000 years ago, the winter weather was bleak. However, modern humans found ingenious methods for managing this extreme cold. In fact, these humans been the first to develop a range of skills and technological advances that are still with us today! Due to the freezing temperatures, these humans create things that could protect them from the environment. Early Europeans used the skin and bones from wild animals to make clothing and shelter.

Thankfully, they worry so much about their food. They kill their food effectively as they had developed sophisticated tools. When food was abundant, they buried supplies in the permafrost; an ancient form of deep-freezing. The unfortunate thing about their hunting and survival skills was that they slaughtered many of the animals to extinction. All we now have to remember them by is the cave paintings. Perhaps it could be argued that they killed these animals, but we cannot say what we would have done in the same situation.

Although life been easy for these people, they managed to survive and introduce art, language and behaviours that characterize people today; we owe a lot to their developments.

 

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

Is it really necessary for us to arrive so early?

=> Do we really ..........?