MODAL VERBS (QUIZ)

•Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more than one
answer is possible.

CAN – CAN’T – SHOULD – SHOULDN’T – MUST – MUSTN’T – HAVE TO — DON’T HAVE

TO —

1. CAN I use your pen, please?

2. You really SHOULD see that new documentary. It’s fantastic.

3. You MUST write 30 sentences for homework because you have misbehaved.

4. You don’t HAVE to write 300 lines. 30 will be enough.

5. Please, excuse me but I really HAVE TO go now.

6. John, you SHOULDN´T speak so quickly. Nobody can understand you.

7. If you’ve got such a bad cough, you OUGHTN´T smoke.

8. I am happy to inform you that I DON´T HAVE TO come to work next week.

9. You HAD BETTER NOT make so much noise. The baby is sleeping in the next room.

10. You SHOULD go now. The train leaves in an hour, so you’ve still got some time left.

11. He CAN speak Italian fluently because he spent 5 years there.

13. That CAN´T be John over there. He said he would be in America this week.

14. You HAVE TO take the test seriously, even if you already have enough good grades to
pass.

15. CAN Mary come with us?

16. You CAN speak French. I can speak English quite well.

17. You MUST take an ID card with you if you enter the stadium. Otherwise you won’t get in.