MODALS AND AUXILIARY VERBS EXERCISES

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Exercise 1. Identify if the use of Modals or Phrasal Modals or other Auxiliary verbs in
the following sentences are True or False. If False, put the correction on the
spaces provided.

1. My cat may jump, but it cant talk. (True/False)

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2. Would mind you lending me your laptop? (True/False)

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3. The family shouldnt decide where to go on vacation. They may go to Los Angeles or
Hawaii. (True/False)
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4. Kevin was disappointed because he wasnt able to get tickets for the football game.
(True/False)
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5. Sara is able to cook Italian and French food for the party tomorrow. (True/False)
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6. The little girl asked, "Mommy, may I have a cookie?" (True/False)

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7. George is absent without notification from class again. He should not be allowed to repeat
such behavior. (True/False)
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8. I'm going to bring an umbrella today because it must be raining. (True/False)

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9. When Vera were young, she could type quickly. She took a typing class and now she
can type very quickly! (True/False)
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10. Peter had to swim when he was a child, so now he is a very good swimmer.
True/False)
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11. She would fly to Korea this month to start studying Korean. (True/False)
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12. A: What are you going to do on the weekend? B: I'm not sure yet. (True/False)
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13. A: We have a big problem. B: What is that? A: I dont know. We are not permitted to
find out.

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. (True/False)
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14. James and Sara are so sad because they are still forbidden to attend their relatives
important occasions. (True/False)
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15. The students couldnt understand the instructions for the test yesterday, so many of them
failed. (True/False)
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Exercise 2. Fill in these blanks of the following sentences using Modals or Phrasal
Modals or other Auxiliary Verbs on the list below. Change the modals or
phrasal modals or auxiliary verbs into the tenses of related sentences

allowed to have cant is might

should (2x) may should could able to
will must did forbidden have to

16. Excuse me, sir._____I ask you a question?

17. I am not be______________go to school tomorrow because I'm feeling sick right now.
18. I'm sorry. I _______hear you. Please speak more loudly.
19. When Tina was a child, she________speak three languages: French, Arabic and English.
20. They were not____________________smoke in class, but we saw them with a cigarette.
21. You _________ put your assignment on my desk by 08.00 am.
22. Bring your bike if you like, but you are___________to ride it in the school's garden.
23. Don't worry, you ________be allowed to join the club next year.
24. She _________ consult with her husband before the purchase.
25. You look familiar. ____we met?
26. She_____staying with you tonight.
27. It wont be as difficult as you _____think.
28. _____I make an appointment, first?
29. How _______ the robbers get in? We don't know yet.
30. I called her but there was no answer. She ______have left for New York already.

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