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  • Question 1
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable modal verb:
    My father _______ tell me stories daily in the night when I was young.
    Solution
    The given sentence states a past habit. The father used to tell stories to the narrator every night ("daily"), hence it was a habit in the past, at that time the narrator was young. Hence the modal must also refer to a past habit.
    Option D: 'Would' is a modal, which in this context, refers to a past habit: 'telling stories daily in the night when I was young'. Hence option D is correct.
    Option A: 'May' refers to a possibility of an action that is yet to happen, whereas the action has already happened.
    Option B: Similarly, 'might' also refers to an action that is yet to happen. It is the past tense of 'may', in the sense that when 'may' is used in direct speech, it changes to 'might' in the indirect speech. This modal does not refer to a past habit.
    Option C: 'Can' refers to an ability, but it does not express a tense. For example, 'I can solve this question'. 'Can' does not indicate a past habit.
    Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 2
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    Fill suitable modal auxiliary:
    I ______ mind being a tourist guide as I have good knowledge of the geographical area of this city.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option D.
    WOULD expresses the desire or wish to do something.
    WOULDN'T is the negation of WOULD.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is expressing his desire to become a tourist guide. He WOULDN'T mind becoming a tourist guide.
    Thus Option D is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    WON'T is the contraction of WILL NOT.
    CAN'T expresses inability.
    MUSTN'T means voluntary and not compulsory.

  • Question 3
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    Select a suitable modal auxiliary to fill in the blank:
    I ............ go to the wedding as I was occupied elsewhere.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option C.
    COULDN'T is the negation of COULD. 
    COULD is the past tense of CAN.
    CAN means the ability to do something.
    In the given sentence, the speaker was not able to go to the wedding because he was occupied elsewhere.
    The sentence is in the past tense, thus COULDN'T will be the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    CAN'T is the present tense.
    WON'T is the contraction of WILL NOT.
    WOULDN'T expresses the desire to not do something.
  • Question 4
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    Select appropriate modal auxiliary to complete the sentence:
    This is a private letter addressed to me. You ____ read it.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option D.
    SHAN'T is the contraction of SHALL NOT.
    SHALL is used to express an order or command.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is ordering the person to not read a private letter addressed to him/her.
    Thus SHALL NOT is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    SHOULDN'T expresses the obligation to not do something.
    COULDN'T expresses inabilty.
    WON'T is the contraction of WILL NOT.

  • Question 5
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable modal auxiliary:
    I _____ see the programme as there was no electricity at our home at that time.
    Solution
    The correct answer is Option B.
    COULDN'T is the negation of COULD.
    COULD is the past tense of CAN.
    CAN means the ability to do something.
    The given sentence is in the past tense.
    In the given sentence the speaker was not able to see the programme.
    Thus COULDN'T is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    CAN'T is in the present tense.
    WON'T is the contraction of WILL NOT.
    WOULDN'T expresses the desire to not do something.

  • Question 6
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    Select suitable modal auxiliary to complete the sentence:

    If people drove more carefully, there ______ be fewer accidents.

    Solution
    The correct answer is Option C.
    WOULD is used to express the consequence of an imagined event.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is expressing that as a consequence of people driving carefully, there would be fewer accidents.
    Thus WOULD is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    MAY expresses possibility.
    WILL expresses the future tense.
    CAN expresses the ability to do something.

  • Question 7
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable modal auxiliary:

    Things seem to be alright now.  I don't think there _____ be any problems.

    Solution
    The correct answer is Option C.
    WILL is used to express the future.
    In the given sentence, the speaker is saying that there won't be problems in the future.
    Thus Option C - WILL is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    MAY and MIGHT express possibility.
    CAN expresses ability.

  • Question 8
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    Select the suitable verb:
    _______ the police know how the accident happened?
    Solution
    Option A - 'Do' is used with the plural subject. 'The police' is a singular subject and hence we can't use 'do'. Thus option A is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Did' is used when the sentence is in the simple past tense. Here, the given question is divided into two clauses; '___ the police know', and 'how the accident happened?' The second clause is in the past tense and the first clause is in the present. As we need the verb for the first clause, we will use the simple present tense and not the past tense 'did'. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Is' explains the state of being. In the given sentence, we need a verb to explain the state of doing. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option B - 'Does' explains the state of doing something of a singular subject, in the simple present tense. Thus option B is the correct answer.
    'Does the police know how the accident happened?'
  • Question 9
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    Select a suitable option to complete the sentence:

    'Have we got any eggs?'

     'I'm not sure. He bought half dozen only I think. He just took six eggs from the fridge. There _____ be some in the fridge.'

    Solution
    The correct answer is Option C.
    MIGHT expresses possibility.
    In the given sentence there is possibility that there are some eggs in the fridge.
    Thus MIGHT is the correct answer.
    The remaining options are incorrect because:
    WILL expresses the future tense.
    MAY is used in the present tense.
    CAN expresses the ability to do something.

  • Question 10
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    Select a suitable verb option to complete the sentence:
    Three days _____ long enough for a good holiday.
    Solution

    A verb is used to express an occurrence, action , or state. It is the grammatical centre of the predicate in a sentence.

    An auxiliary verb is a verb which gives is used in the formation of tenses, moods, tones, etc.

    Option C is correct as the subject is plural and the sentence states a fact.

    The other options are wrong as the subject is not singular and the sentence is not in the past tense.



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