Modal Verbs Exercise Assistance
Answer:
Certainly! Below are the correct answers for each sentence in the image based on the use of modal verbs:
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We ___ back now to avoid the heavy traffic in the rush hour.
- A) must be driving
- B) should be driving
- C) could have driven
- D) may be driving
- E) are able to drive
Answer: B) should be driving
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To be able to achieve your goals, you ___ confidence after each small failure.
- A) needn’t be losing
- B) can’t be losing
- C) oughtn’t be losing
- D) may not lose
- E) mustn’t lose
Answer: E) mustn’t lose
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When one of their arms gets bitten off, starfish ___ a new one in only a few months.
- A) may be growing
- B) must grow
- C) are able to grow
- D) need to be growing
- E) are to grow
Answer: C) are able to grow
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When they had run out of fuel in the middle of a country road, Dick and Frank ___ hours waiting for someone to drive by.
- A) had to spend
- B) could be spending
- C) were able to spend
- D) had better spend
- E) ought to spend
Answer: A) had to spend
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The hotel where I will be staying in Bodrum is a luxury one, so I ___ lots of sightseeing.
- A) didn’t have to be
- B) can’t be
- C) would be
- D) doesn’t need to be
- E) isn’t able to be
Answer: D) doesn’t need to be
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___ the movie last night because of the power cut that went on for hours.
- A) Couldn’t watch
- B) Am not able to watch
- C) Couldn’t be watching
- D) Wouldn’t watch
- E) Wouldn’t be watching
Answer: A) Couldn’t watch
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, people ___ most of the taxes they do today.
- A) weren’t allowed to pay
- B) shouldn’t pay
- C) mustn’t pay
- D) didn’t have to pay
- E) couldn’t be paying
Answer: D) didn’t have to pay
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The next-door neighbours ___ already because there are sounds coming from there.
- A) didn’t have to return
- B) had to return
- C) might return
- D) can’t return
- E) must have returned
Answer: E) must have returned
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