Modal auxiliaries

Modal auxiliaries
Choose the correct option and complete the following sentences.
1. I don’t think that I ………………….. be able to come.
a) will
b) would
c) can
2. He ………………… not pay unless he is compelled.
a) will
b) shall
c) dare
3. You …………………… be punctual.
a) should
b) would
c) ought
4. I wish you ………………….tell me earlier.
a) should
b) would
c) must
5. ………………… I help you?
a) Shall
b) Will
c) Would
6. ………………….. you help me with this, please?
a) Shall
b) Should
c) Would
7. He said I ………………….. visit him at any time.
a) can
b) may
c) might
8. If you ………………… see her, give her my love.

a) would
b) should
c) shall
9. He ………………….. not ask for a raise for fear of losing his job.


a) dare
b) need
c) should
10. I ………………….. him, so I phoned him.
a) needn’t to see
b) needn’t have seen
c) didn’t need to see
Answers
1. I don’t think that I will be able to come.
2. He will not pay unless he is compelled.
3. You should be punctual.
4. I wish you would tell me earlier.
5. Shall I help you?
6. Would you help me with this, please?
7. He said I might visit him at any time.
8. If you should see her, give her my love.
9. He dare not ask for a raise for fear of losing his job.
10. I didn’t need to see him, so I phoned him.

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