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  • Question 1
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    Complete the sentence using suitable modal auxiliary:
    A: I .......... speak a little French.
    B: Oh really! I thought you said you .......... speak french.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    CAN expresses ability to do something.
    COULDN'T expresses inability.
    A says that he is able to speak a little French.
    B expresses his astonishment because he thought A had told him that he is not able to speak French.
    Thus CAN/COULDN'T is the correct answer.
    The remaining answers are incorrect because:
    WON'T expresses a lack of desire.
    COULD/COULDN'T are in the past tense. The sentence is in the present tense.
    MAY/CAN'T - MAY expresses possibility.
  • Question 2
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    You've finished your meal in a restaurant and now you want the bill. You ask the waiter:
    YOU: ______ I have the bill, please?
    WAITER: Right. I'll get it for you now
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    MAY is used to ask or give permission. It is also used to express a desire. In the given sentence, the speaker is asking for the bill. 
    Thus MAY is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    SHOULD is used to express obligation.
    WILL is used to express future tense.
    WOULD is the past tense of WILL and is also used to express the consequence of an imagined event.

  • Question 3
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    Use appropriate auxiliary verb:
    'You never listen to me.' 'Yes, I _____ !'
    Solution
    The correct option is A. Options B is used in past tense while the sentence is in present tense. 'Could' is used to denote ability/lack of ability. 'Should' is used to denote prediction, expectation or polite suggestion. Thus B, C and D are incorrect. 'Do' is correct as it is used with I and we.
  • Question 4
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    Complete these sentences using the appropriate modal auxiliary:
    The situation is serious. Something ____ be done before it's too late.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option A.
    MUST is used to express compulsion. In the given sentence, it is compulsary to act because the situation is serious.
    Thus MUST is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    MAY is used to express possibility.
    SHALL and WILL both express the future tense.

  • Question 5
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    Fill in the blank with appropriate modal.

    A friend of yours is interested in one of your books. You invite him to borrow it.
    FRIEND: This book looks very interesting.
    YOU: Yes, it's very good.
    _____ you like to read it?
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    WOULD expresses the desire to do something.
    The speaker is expresses if the friend has a desire to read he book.
    Thus WOULD is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    COULD expresses ability.
    WILL expresses the future tense.
    MAY expresses possibility.
  • Question 6
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable modal:
    I haven't received the letter. It _______ have been sent to the wrong address.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option A.
    MAY expresses possibility. In the given sentence the speaker is expressing a possibility that the letter is sent to the wrong address.
    Thus Option A is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    WON'T is the negation of WILL.
    WILL expresses the future tense.
    SHOULD expresses obligation and duty.

  • Question 7
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable modal auxiliary that denotes obligation:
    This coat is dirty. I _____ get it cleaned.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    MUST expresses compulsion.
    It is compulsory to clean the coat because it is dirty.
    Thus MUST is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    MAY expresses possibility.
    WILL expresses future tense.
    CAN expresses ability.
     
  • Question 8
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    Fill appropriate option in the blank:
    I ______ hot weather very much. It makes me sick.
    Solution
    The correct answer is option C.
    A) Like cannot be the appropriate verb here because in general, when something makes someone sick, it is not likeable.
    B) I is a singular subject. Likes is a plural verb. So the subject and verb do not agree here.
    C) In don't like, like is a verb that agrees with the subject  and don't is contraction of 'do not' which is a conventional choice.
    D) Doesn't is used for third person. So, it does not fit in the sentence.

  • Question 9
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    Fill suitable option to complete the sentence:
    I _____ like to be a teacher. I don't have patience to deal with kids.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option D.
    WOULDN'T is the negation of WOULD.
    WOULD expresses a desire and wish.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is expresses his/her desire to not become a teacher.
    Thus WOULDN'T is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    CAN'T expresses inability.
    WON'T is the contraction of will not. 
    COULDN'T is the past tense of CAN'T.

  • Question 10
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    Fill the given statement using suitable option:
    I _____ like to be a dentist because i always had interest in it.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option C.
    WOULD expresses a desire or wish.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is expressing the desire to become a dentist because he/she always had interest in it.
    Thus WOULD is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    MAY expresses possibility.
    CAN expresses ability to do something.
    WILL expresses the future tense.


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