Modals Q1. Fill in the blanks with ‘can’ or ‘could’: 4 you prepare a cup of tea for me, please? 2. She... sscsssssuauhOt help to laugh at the joker. 3. We........ .. execute your plan at once. 4, He said that he walk twenty kms at a stretch. 5. A lame PpersOn...o.es.sss:ssssesesseeeeseeendOt walk. 6.you lift this box for me? 7. She read without glasses till last year 8. You... . Not see the principal now. 9. He worked hard but . . Not pass the examination. 40, She. Play the piano when she was only eleven Q2. Fill in the bianks with May’ or “Might’: 1. The news. not be true 2. With a little more effort, we 3. The examinations .. 4. We 5. With a little push, he . 6. your future be bright! ..win this time. be postponed. have aone if they had invited us to dinner. ..have got the job. not attend the meetina this evening. Mot rain. ee the director. rain at any time. 9. She asked if she 10. The sky is overca: Q3. Fill in the blanks with ‘can’, ‘could’, ‘may’ or ‘might’ appropriate to the sense given in Brackets: 1.He.. do this if he tried. (possibility) 2. She... not run as fast as you. (ability) 3. He enter collage next year. (nossibility) 4. \ knew that | ....borrow his car. (ability) 5, You “tell me what he said, (claim) 6 You tell me what he said (ability) Thee _.help him if he asked me to. (wish) 8. He works hard so that he 9. When | was young, | 10, Had vou worked hard. vou get good marks. (purpose) write Hindi verse. (capacity) . have won a scholarshio (oossibilitv)Q4. Use shall or will in the blanks in the following sentences: leave this office at once. It is final file a case of defamation against the paper. not allow this type of misrule to continue. you stay at Manali? V2 . just sit and brood over her past life. not visit the Trade Fair tomorrow. es with some coffee now? 1 not steal (command) 2. We... be very glad to see you. (simple future) BMY SOM esecsscceee be twelve next month. (natural occurrence) 45 you do it or shall? (enquiry) 5. All right! You .. ... have what you want. (promise) 6.1. meet you again if you so desire. (determination) 71 meet you again next week, | expect (simple future) 8. You _ stay till you have finished your work. (threat) 9. You..... ue not prevent me from saying what | want, (simple future) 410. If you carry the chairs | carry the table. (willingness) Q6. Fill in the blanks with ‘would’ or ‘should’: work hard to win a scholarshin. rather starve than beg. 3.you post this letter 4. They, 2 5. If | were a judge, | arrive here at any moment. .do fair justice. 2 _.like you to help him with his studies. 7. We wsonuannahelo the poor and the needv. 8.she walks fast, she will catch the train. 9.you like to listen to music? 419 twish he nat fail this time Q7. Fill in the blanks with the right word out of those given in brackets against each Gantanca4 otantesse she works hard, she will pass. (would,should) 24 prefer to keep quiet. (would, should) 3. Work hard lest YOU .....,.ssssssssseseesseeesee fail. {would,should) 4. 1am sure we..... ...cfss the forest easily. (will, shall) Shon, vou please stop talking so loudly. (will shall) 6. If | were you, | (would should) .. Not do it. tet you please lend me your scooter? (would, should) Bo ne eeeeeceeeeesesstsenseese COMY Out VOUF orders at all costs. (would,should) 9.1. - -+slike to inform you of my inability to attend the meeting. (would, should) 10. Walk carefully lest you .... (would,should) fall down. 11. He rather resign than submit to injustice. (would, should) 12. You .-.. Not ask me to do anything against my will. (should.will) 13. You..... .. catch a cold, if you go out in the rain. (shall, will) 14: Licance: ... Not budge an inch from the righteous path (shall, will) 15. You..... ..Not go in for that old car. (would, should) Q8. Fill up the blanks with should, must, mustn’t, have to, or ought to: 1. You respect your elders. 2. He be more careful in the future. 3. You to take regular exercise. 4. She is headstrong. She have her way in everythina. 5. You not tell lies. It is not good for you. 6. She to develop good manners. 7 Sha contact tha doctor at anea 8. They to have been more generous, ‘9. Teachers have affection for their students. 10. Mohit. vou waste a minute now. Your examination is at hand.‘11. Varun, you squander your parents’ hard-earned money. 12. The students be in school at nine a.m. 13, You disobey the laws of the land. 14 You mend your ways before you criticise others. 45, You disobey your parents. Q3. Fill in the blanks with the right word out of ‘Must’, ‘Ought’ ‘need’, ‘Needn't’,‘dare": sed to’, 1. How. you say so? 2. SHE sss esses have been ill 3. You... -sssssuee WoFTY about the child. He will recover soon. 4, You disobey your father. 5.Dol sssesssnene tO Come here again? 6 You to have obeyed your teacher Te Herc Not come tomorrow. We are going out on a picnic. 8. Ito have been there this time, 9. Gandhili spin every day. 10. You..... ~ engage a tutor for your son. Q10. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals: may, ought to, would, must, need. fi) You ao home now. (ji) The doctor told me that | jot smoke anymore. .. Not see him, Just write a letter to him. show respect to our elders, you possibly lend a thousand rupees? O11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals: may, could, must, ought, shall. () You not enter my class. | forbid it. (ii) He has been absent for a fortnight, he ...-.00.-.. Be ill (ii) | come in? I'm sorry to be late. (iv) You to respect your elders. (¥) -s... Speak to the Principal for a minute? 12. Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals: will, shall, should, can, could, must, ought to, need. @l. - go there even ifit rains. (ii) You have burnt the midnight cil. Yo (iii) If vou have a ticket. vou ........... win a scholarship.(iv) | not come yesterday since | was too busy. (v) We go to the station by taxi; it is getting late. (vi) You not bring your umbrella. !'ll lend you mine. (vil) Work hard lest you fail. (viii) he brings the dinner now? Q13. Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals: May. must. can. could. should. would. ouaht. need. 1. She. ... fun ten kms an hour. 2. You.. ... go home now; it is getting dark. 2 He to tike this film? 4. Walk carefully lest you ................ stumble. 5. You...... ... clean your teeth every morning. . Not hurry; there's plenty of time. obstacles very easily when she was young .. lie in the sun and dream of his past. 6. You. 7. She 8. The old man. Q14. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals to convey the sense indicated in the brackets: di speak English fluently (Present ability) 2. You .. have the money tomorrow. (Promise) 3. When | was young, I .. . tun faster. (Past ability) 4 iene RS disobeys his father? (Courage) 5, Heapologise or face the consequences. (Command) 6. You leave these papers on my desk and go.(Permission) we go to a movie? (Suggestion) wait til you return. (Willingness) _ not give up fighting. (Determination) .. Not touch those exhibits. (Prohibition) not worry about your son now. (Absence of necessity) 12. | fear the weather not improve soon. (Possibility) 13. You ......... . ao (permission). if you (Compulsion) 44, They sit together in the lawn and talk for hours. (Habitual action in the past) 15. We .... 41. You ...... to serve our nation. (Moral obliaation) Q15. Complete the following dialogue using suitable Modals: Father : (a). these letters by recittered post ... Vou ge to the post-office iust now and sendSon: There (b), be a rush at this hour. Moreover, ! (c) not go to the post office on foot Father: But, why (d)........ your scooter? Son: it has no petrol. | (e)..... was a strike at the petrol station. Father: O.K., You (f)...... post the .. YOu go on foot? What happened to not get it filled because there use my scooter, but you (g) ietters today. They are very urgent. We (h) ... suffer a loss if they were delayed. Q16. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with suitable modals: f we sit in an incorrect posture, it (a) far as possible this (b), a part of the habit, a low back pain invariably develops. It (c) cured if we strain our back. As cere be avoided. If the posture becomes become conscious of our posture. We (4). Maio take: time out to perform a few exercises. Ifthe exercises are done regularly the backache (e) certainly be cured. It (f) a Ae ...also improve blood circulation within the spine. Q17. Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals: @) ii) smell something burning in the kitchen, (li)... till). be the pudding in the oven. (b) Your essay is full of mistakes You (iv) YOU? to be more careful You do much better if you tried harder. to play tennis before her marriage. Q18. Complete the following dialogue using suitable modals. Mother: You (a) take an umbrella. It isn't going to rain. ‘Son’ Weill, | don't know It (b) Mother: ©.K., then take care. You (c) lose it