Exercise – 3
Choose the correct option.
1.There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge, you …………. buy any.
(a) needn’t
(b) shouldn’t
(c) mustn’t
(d) can’t
2.Drivers …………… stop when the traffic lights are red.
(a) should
(b) could
(c) must
(d) may
3.Take an umbrella. It …………. rain later.
(a) need
(b) mustn’t
(c) should
(d) might
4.People………… walk on the grass.
(a) couldn’t
(b) mustn’t
(c) needn’t
(d) may not
5.Jessica……….. work hard to crack her CA Exam.
(a) has to
(b) had to
(c) have to
(d) none of the above
6.Nowadays the women have dual responsibilities as they……….. work at home and office as well.
(a) have to
(b) had to
(c) has to
(d) ought to
7…………you speak French?
(a) Need
(b) Should
(c)Can
(d) May
8.We……….obey our teachers.
(a) have to
(b) ought to
(c) should
(d) must
9.We………….prepare our lessons well before the examination.
(a) must
(b) should
(c) ought to
(d) none of the above
10.She ………….. finish this work before I go.
(a) has to
(b) must
(c) should
(d) have to
11.The rules say that you …………… bring along your identity card to the examination hall.
(a) will
(b) used to
(c) would
(d) need to
12.She was driving so fast that she …………. stop in time.
(a) can’t
(b) needn’t
(c) couldn’t
(d) shouldn’t
13.The rain has stopped so you………….. put on your raincoat.
(a) needn’t
(b) can’t
(c) couldn’t
(d) shouldn’t
14.If people …………. live forever the world be………… overcrowded.
(a) may, must
(b) will, could
(c) must, should
(d) could, would
15.I’ve lost one of my gloves. I …………. it somewhere.
(a) must drop
(b) must have dropped
(c) must be dropping
(d) must have been dropping
16.Why did you push her? She ………….. have fallen and hurt herself.
(a) can
(b) could
(c) shall
(d) should
17.If anybody ………… for us, tell them we be in the cafeteria.
(a) see, could
(b) sees, may
(c) look, may
(d) looks, will
18.The animal……….to be put to sleep as it……….. be dangerous later on.
(a) had, will
(b) would, can
(c) has, may
(d) could, won’t
19.After the death of her grandma, Lalita ………… sit on that rock and gaze down into the water.
(a) could
(b) would
(c) may
(d) can
20.…………….. I watch television when I finish my homework?
(a) Will
(b) Might
(c) Could
(d) Shall
21.Since she left town, her brother………. clean and cook for the family.
(a) had to
(b) need to
(c) have to
(d) has to
Answers:-
1.(a) needn’t
2.(c) must
3.(d) might
4.(b) mustn’t
5.(a) has to
6.(a) have to
7.(c)Can
8.(d) must
9.(c) ought to
10.(b) must
11.(d) need to
12.(c) couldn’t
13.(a) needn’t
14.(d) could, would
15.(b) must have dropped
16.(b) could
17.(d) looks, will
18.(c) has, may
19.(a) could
20.(c) Could
21.(b) need to
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