Anisya Humairoh
3A
MODALS EXERCISE
Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more than
one answer is possible.
CAN - CAN'T – CAN'T HAVE - COULD – COULD HAVE - DON'T HAVE – HAD BETTER – MIGHT -
MUST – MUST HAVE - MUSTN'T – NEED - OUGHT – SHOULDN'T
1. You ________must___________ be exhausted after your long trip. Come in and have a
drink.
2. John _______can’t have____________ taken your car keys. He hasn't even left the house.
3. I won't go out this afternoon because the weather forecast is not very good, and I
_______might____________ get wet.
4. You ________don’t have___________ to apply for the job yet. You can do it later this
week.
5. I __________must have_________ left my wallet in the car. I can't find it anywhere.
6. That ________can’t___________ be Jake. It's impossible. He said he was going to Spain.
7. You _________mustn’t__________ step into the headmaster's office without permission.
8. Tell your sister she _________could_________ stay the night here if she wants to.
9. You have already drunken a glass of wine. You __________could_________ not drive. Let
me.
10.You __________can’t________ see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you go to Paris.
11.I _________don’t have__________ to take orders from you. You're not my boss!
12.When I was younger, I _________can__________ run very fast.
13.Your cold is getting worse and you have a runny nose. You ____________need______ to
see the doctor.
14.My husband is preparing dinner. He's not a good cook so _________can’t__________
expect anything special.
15.Don't leave your window open at night. Someone ________might_______ climb in.
16.Brenda ________must___________ be over thirty. She graduated a year after me and
I'm only 26.
17.You _______don’t have____________ to come with me. I can manage on my own.
18.She ________might_________ got lost. Otherwise she'd be here by now.
19.You must be more careful. You _________ought__________ been killed crossing the
street without looking.
20.I didn't __________need_________ to buy more groceries. We already had enough.