Q.1
Choose the sentence with the correct modal in present tense from the following options.
  • You must drink your cough syrup at once.
  • You must have drunk your cough syrup at once.
  • You had to drink your cough syrup.
  • You will have to drink your cough syrup at once.
Q.2
'MAY I borrow the book please?' This sentence uses a modal in present tense. Choose the attitude expressed by the modal from the following options.
  • Possibility.
  • Advice.
  • Request.
  • Ability.
Q.3
‘Hanif Mohammad was batting continuously for over 11 hours. He COULD be exhausted after such a long inning.' The sentence uses a modal in present tense. Choose the attitude expressed by the modal from the following options.
  • Obligation.
  • Possibility.
  • Advice.
  • Prohibition.
Q.4
Choose the sentence that does NOT contain a modal in present tense from the following options.
  • You should have heard the music.
  • They have to be less erratic.
  • You shouldn't have to work at night.
  • We have to take up the remaining work tomorrow.
Q.5
Choose the sentence using the modal in present tense expressing ability from the following options.
  • Could you open the window please?
  • That cannot be the right answer.
  • You cannot go there!
  • I can recite 22 nursery rhymes.
Q.6
Choose the sentence that contains a modal in present tense from the following options.
  • You ought to see a doctor.
  • You should see a doctor.
  • You should have seen a doctor.
  • Both 1 and 2 above are correct but option 3 is wrong.
Q.7
Choose the sentence using the modal in present tense NOT expressing possibility from the following options.
  • It might take more than a week.
  • I can't lift that suitcase by myself.
  • They say it may rain now.
  • I may go to Chennai the day after tomorrow.
Q.8
Choose the sentence using the modal in present tense NOT expressing obligation from the following options.
  • All ministers must report to the Prime Minister.
  • He must take his medicine three times a day.
  • All members of parliament can speak in the parliament with the permission of the speaker.
  • He must not stand in the sun for a long time.
Q.9
Choose the sentence using the modal in present tense expressing advice from the following options.
  • When you have a cold, you should not eat ice cream.
  • You should take your umbrella along with you today.
  • You should have taken your umbrella.
  • Both options 1 and 2 above are correct but option 3 is wrong.
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