Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliary verbs.<\/p>\n
Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n Use can and could<\/strong> to express ability. Note that could is used to talk about past ability.<\/p>\n Use should or must<\/strong> to talk about obligation. Must shows strong obligation.<\/p>\n Use will<\/strong> to talk about willingness and determination.<\/p>\n Use may and might<\/strong> to talk about possibility. Note that might shows weak possibility.<\/p>\n Use would<\/strong> in polite offers, requests etc.<\/p>\n 1. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 not do this. (determination)<\/p>\n 2. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 speak six languages. (ability)<\/p>\n 3. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. hold a party next week. (possibility)<\/p>\n 4. It \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. rain later in the day. (possibility)<\/p>\n 5. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. obey the rules. (obligation)<\/p>\n 6. She \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. run two miles in 10 minutes when she was younger. (ability)<\/p>\n 7. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. I come in? (permission)<\/p>\n 8. She \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 have helped me if she wanted to. (ability)<\/p>\n 9. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. you swim? (ability)<\/p>\n 10. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 you solve this puzzle? (ability)<\/p>\n 11. You \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 work hard. (compulsion)<\/p>\n 12. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. I use your computer? (Permission)<\/p>\n 13. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. respect our parents. (obligation)<\/p>\n 14. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. you like another cup of coffee? (Polite offer)<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. I will<\/strong> not do this.<\/p>\n 2. He can<\/strong> speak six languages.<\/p>\n 3. We may \/ might<\/strong> hold a party next week.<\/p>\n 4. It may<\/strong> rain later in the day.<\/p>\n 5. We must<\/strong> obey the rules.<\/p>\n 6. She could<\/strong> run two miles in 10 minutes when she was younger.<\/p>\n 7. May<\/strong> I come in?<\/p>\n 8. She could<\/strong> have helped me if she wanted to. (We use could here because the other verb (wanted) is in the past tense.)<\/p>\n 9. Can<\/strong> you swim?<\/p>\n 10. Can<\/strong> you solve this puzzle?<\/p>\n 11. You must<\/strong> work hard.<\/p>\n 12. May<\/strong> I use your computer?<\/p>\n 13. We must \/ should<\/strong> respect our parents.<\/p>\n 14. Would<\/strong> you like another cup of coffee?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliary verbs. Notes Use can and could to express ability. Note that could is used to talk about past ability. Use should or must to talk about...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"tags":[163,112,596,194,1941],"class_list":["post-72970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-6-worksheets-cbse-grammar-worksheets-2","tag-auxiliary-verbs-worksheet","tag-class-6-grammar-worksheets","tag-english-grammar-worksheets","tag-modal-auxiliary-verbs-worksheet","tag-modal-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72971,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72970\/revisions\/72971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}