MODAL VERBS + MCQ + KEY

MODAL VERBS MCQ
1.“ Write to me when you get home.” -“ ______.“ A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can 2. Mr Kent is on time for everything. How _____ it be that he was late for the opening ceremony? A. can B. should C. may D. must 3. - “Are you coming to Jeff’s party?” - “I’m not sure. I _____ go to the concert instead.” A. must B. would C. should D. might 4. An awful accident _____ , however, occur the other day. A. does B. did C. can D. may 5. Sorry I’m late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again. A. might B. should C. can D. will
6. “Will you stay for lunch?” - “Sorry, I _____. My brother is coming to see me.” A must B. can’t C. needn’t D. won’t 7 - “Alice, you feed the bird today, _____ ?“ - “But I fed it yesterday.” A. do you B. will you C. didn’t you D. don’t you 8. There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You _____ come, but why didn’t you? A. must have B. should C need have D. ought to have 9.- “I stayed at a hotel while in New York.” - “Oh, did you? You _____ with Barbara.” A could have stayed B. could stay C would stay D. must have stayed 10. “When can I come for the photos? I need them tomorrow aftrnoon.” - “They _____ be ready by 12:00.” A. can B. should C. might D. need 11. The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone _____ get out. A had to B. would C. could D. was able to 12. Jack _____ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me
A. mustn’t have arrived B. shouldn’t have arrived
C. can’t have arrived D. need not have arrived
13. Johnny, you _____ play with the knife, you _____ hurt yourself.
A. won’t / can’t B. mustn’t/ may C. shouldn’t/must D. can’t/ shouldn’t
14. When he was there , he _____ go to that coffee shop at the corner after work every day. A. would B. should C. had better D. might 15. Yesterday, Jane walked away from the discussion.Otherwise, she _____ something she would regret later. A. had said B. said C. might say . D. might have said 16. Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only. A. oughtn’t to B. can’t C. won’t D.needn’t 17. - “There were already five people in the car but they managed to take me as well.” - “It _____ a comfortable journey.” A. can’t be B shouldn’t be C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been 18. It’s nearly seven o’clock. Jack ____ be here at any moment. A. must B. need C. should D. can 19. - “Mary looks sad. Did you tell her about the accident?” - “Yes, but I _____ her later.” A. ought not to have told B. shouldn’t have told C. must have told D. should have told 20. - “Shall I tell John about it?” - “No, you _____. I’ve told him already.” A. needn’t B. wouldn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t 21. - “Don’t forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.” -“ _____. “ A. I don’t B. I won’t C. I can’t D. I haven’t 22. 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 23. _____ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Marble Mountains. A. Were B. Should C