Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more
than one answer is possible.
MAY – MIGHT – CAN – CAN’T – SHOULD – SHOULDN’T – MUST – HAVE TO – HAS TO -
NEEDN’T – MUSTN’T – DON’T HAVE TO – DOESN’T HAVE TO
1. ___________________ I use your pen, please?
2. You really ___________________ see that new documentary. It’s fantastic.
3. You ___________________ write 30 sentences for homework because you have
misbehaved.
4. You ___________________ to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.
5. Please, excuse me but I really ___________________ go now.
6. John, you ___________________ speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you!
7. We ___________________ watch TV tonight. We haven’t decided yet.
8. If you’ve got such a bad cough, you ___________________ smoke.
9. I am happy to inform you that I ___________________ come to work next week.
10.You ___________________ make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.
11.She ___________________ work hard because she’s a single parent and has little money.
12.You ___________________ go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got some
time left.
13.According to the weather report it ___________________ rain this afternoon.
14.He ___________________ speak Italian fluently because he spent 5 years there.
15.That __________________ be John over there. He said he would be in America this week.
16.You ___________________ take the test seriously, even if you already have enough good
grades to pass.
17.I ___________________ go out tonight, but I don’t think so. I feel too tired.
18.___________________ Mary come with us?
19.You ___________________ speak French. I can speak English quite well.
20.You ___________________ take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium. Otherwise
you won’t get in.