INFINITIVES AND MODAL VERBS
Choose the best answer by circling a, b, c or d.
1. “ Do you .chew with your mouth like that? Geez, it’s making me sick watching you eat that ………
the piece of pizza.
a. have to b. can c. should d. able to
2. I speak Arabic fluently when I was a child.……………
a. could b. can c. would d. should
3. I was reading the book last night before I went to bed. I never took it out of this room. It……………
by lying around here somewhere.
a. must b. should c. could d. can
4. “ .I borrow……… your lighter for a minute?”
“ Sure, no problem. Actually, you .keep it if you want to. I’ve given up smoking.”………
a. could/may b. may/could c. could/can d. could/could
5. If you’ve worried about your health, perhaps you see a doctor.…………
a. should b. can c. must d. will
6. If you want to get a better feeling for how the city is laid out, you walk downtown and explore ………
the waterfront.
a. have to b. will c. can d. could
7. “ I’m sorry, sir. You .drink beer in here.”………
a. needn’t b. can’t c. shouldn’t d. won’t
8. It rain this evening. Why don’t you take an umbrella?………
a. could be b. must c. might d. won’t
9. I’ve redone this math problem at least twenty times, but my answer is wrong according to the answer
key. The answer in the book be wrong.………
a. have to b. must c. should d. can
10. ‘ we’re getting married.”
“ Congratulations!”
“ But you tell anyone. It’s a secret.”…………
a. can’t b. won’t c. mustn’t d. needn’t
11. Mr Brown is very rich. He work hard for a living.………
a. mustn’t b. shouldn’t c. can’t d. doesn’t have to

24. She hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday. She be really hungry.………
a. might b. will c. can d. must
25. When dining with your friends in a restaurant, you .be expected to go “ Dutch”……
a. can b. must c. should d. shouldn’t
26. When my father was young, he .work in the garden for long hours.………
a. can b. could c. will d. should
27. Where is the spatula? It cram all day for my French final. I didn’t get to sleep until after ………
midnight.
a. had to b. should c. must d. could
28. You avoid walking under a ladder.…………
a. can b. will c. should d. must
29. You be rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I know haven’t got a…………
penny to their name.
a. can’t b. don’t have to c. shouldn’t d. couldn’t
30. This building .finished by the end of last year but there have been so many strikes that it …………
isn’t finished yet
a. will have been b. should have been c. was to have been d. may have been
31. Jenny’s engagement ring is enormous! It .have cost a fortune.………
a. can b. must c. could d. should
32. Oh no! Frank’s wallet is lying on the coffee table. He have left it here last night.……
a. must b. should c. could d. can
33. Tom painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He .a different colour.…………
a. has to choose b. should have chosen
c. must have chosen d. could have been choosing
34. Dan appears .some weight. He has been ill?………
a. have been lost b. to have lost c. have been lost d. have lost
35. I’m certain that Tim has gone home. His jacket’s not here. He gone home.…………
a. could have b. might have c. should have d. must have
36. I don’t know who rang, but it Jim.………
a. could have been b. should have been c. might have been d. shouldn’t have been

46. They married next week but now they have quarreled and the wedding has been ……………
cancelled.
a. will have b. were to have been
c. will have been d. should have been
47. “ Why are you so sure that Ann didn’t commit the crime she’s been accused of committing ?”-“
She that crime because I was with her, and we were out of town on that day.”……………
a. may not have committed b. was supposed to commit
c. committed d. couldn’t have committed
48. “ As soon as I switched on my new electric cooker there was an explosion.”-“ There …………
something wrong with it.”
a. shouldn’t have been b. needn’t have been
c. must have been d. might have been
49. Why are you so late? You here two hours ago!…………
a. need have been b. must have been
c. should have been d. ought to have been there
50. He by this window because it is barred.………
a. couldn’t escape b. couldn’t have escaped
c. must have escaped d. mightn’t have escaped
51. How did he get out of the house? He down the stairs for they were blazing.……
a. could have come b. ought to have come
c. couldn’t have come d. mightn’t have come
52. “ I bought a sweater at Marks and Spencer’s last Sunday.”-“You it on Sunday. Marks……… and
Spencer’s is shut on Sundays.”
a. should have bought b. couldn’t have bought
c. Mustn’t have bought d. mightn’t have bought
53. “ I can’t think why they didn’t try to help him”-“ They .that was drowning.”………
a. couldn’t have realized b. mightn’t have realized
c. must have realized d. mustn’t have realized
54. “I found that everything I said on the phone had been reported to the police”-“your
phone .tapped.”………

c. needn’t have got d. hadn’t got
63. She was too far away, so she you.…………
a. mustn’t see b. hasn’t seen
c. couldn’t have seen d. hadn’t see
64. I’ve lost one of my gloves. I it somewhere.……………
a. must drop b. must have dropped
c. must be dropping d. must have been dropping
65. You out yesterday without a coat. No wonder you caught cold.………
a. shouldn’t have gone b. haven’t gone
c. hadn’t gone d. mustn’t have gone
67. You .the dog, which was unnecessary. He can walk very well.……
a. didn’t carry b. haven’t carried
c. needn’t have carried d. hadn’t carried
68. Why don’t you stay at a hotel when you went to New York? You .with Barbara.………
a. can stay b. could stay
c. will stay d. could have stayed
69. You to our conversation. It was private.
a. couldn’t have been listening b. haven’t been listening
c. shouldn’t have been listening d. hadn’t been listening
70. It was a great party last night. You ……………
a. should come b. ought to have come
c. come d. have to come
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