This fourth gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of modals of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of modal verbs.
Modals Advanced Level Test 4
Question 1 |
Cold deserts _____ in snow, which don't receive much precipitation.
A | should be covered |
B | must be covered |
C | had better be covered |
D | might have been covered |
E | can be covered |
Question 2 |
The money in our pocket _____ far less today than it _____ ten years ago.
A | could buy / would |
B | can buy / had |
C | should buy / had |
D | might buy / should |
E | may buy / had to |
Question 3 |
They reminded me that we _____ an early start the next morning, so we _____ late to bed.
A | would make / didn’t need to be |
B | must have made / can’t be |
C | would make / wouldn’t be |
D | could make / needn't have been |
E | would be making / mustn’t have been |
Question 4 |
Emergency supplies ______ the earthquake area as soon as possible with the help of the UN. It is crucial.
A | must reach |
B | should have reached |
C | had to reach |
D | can reach |
E | was going to reach |
Question 5 |
When I entered the kitchen, I realized that the chocolate cake was all gone! Someone ____ it.
A | would have eaten |
B | should have eaten |
C | must have eaten |
D | need to have eaten |
E | had to eat |
Question 6 |
No one knows exactly who were the first Americans, but scientists exploring caves have found evidence that they _____ from Asia.
A | should have arrived |
B | would have arrived |
C | must have arrived |
D | ought to have arrived |
E | have arrived |
Question 7 |
After the spraying and facing problems, state health officials said the amount of insecticide applied in Monterey _____ severe health risks.
A | shouldn't have posed |
B | needn't have posed |
C | didn't need to pose |
D | didn't use to pose |
E | hadn't posed |
Question 8 |
If the jury members ______ agreement, the case ______ retried before a new jury.
A | can't have reached / may be |
B | mustn't reach / should be |
C | aren’t able to reach / has been |
D | can’t reach / must be |
E | couldn't reach / must be |
Question 9 |
The people who lived there _____ everything they needed from the gifted forest.
A | should get |
B | could get |
C | will get |
D | may get |
E | have got |
Question 10 |
If a store manager decides to take a shoplifter to court, the legal process _____ both time-consuming and expensive.
A | should be |
B | may be |
C | must be |
D | are to be |
E | has to be |
Question 11 |
Some European politicians, it seems, _____ spend billions on aid than allow poor-world farmers to sell attractively priced food to Europe’s consumers.
A | would rather |
B | would prefer |
C | would |
D | prefer |
E | were to |
Question 12 |
Governments ______ regions in their countries more autonomy so that they _____ and enjoy their own cultures rather than serving the centralized policies of the capital city.
A | had to give / can protected |
B | were going to give / may protect |
C | should have given / would have protected |
D | must give / could have protected |
E | should give / can protect |
Question 13 |
In my opinion, rich people ____ permitted to buy educational advantages by sending their children to private schools or _____ all schools be run by the state?
A | should be / should |
B | have to be / will |
C | must be / would |
D | should be / ought to |
E | could be / have |
Question 14 |
Greenpeace operates internationally and _____ governments and large oil companies through feats of direct action which attract public sympathy.
A | could have embarrassed |
B | had to embarrass |
C | would embarrass |
D | is able to embarrass |
E | should be embarrassed |
Question 15 |
Do people have the right to smoke when children in the same house or colleagues in the same office _____ the smoke?
A | could inhale |
B | have to inhale |
C | might inhale |
D | may inhale |
E | should inhale |
Question 16 |
Clients ____ the part of town where they want to be based if they want, though this _____ their choice of price-range.
A | can specify / may limit |
B | could specify / used to limit |
C | had to specify / might limit |
D | must specify / may have limited |
E | are supposed to specify / might have limited |
Question 17 |
During the twentieth century, women in Britain _____ vigorously for equal rights - the right to vote and the right to work in posts traditionally reserved for men.
A | were campaigning |
B | must campaign |
C | had to campaign |
D | must have campaigned |
E | have had to campaign |
Question 18 |
Any kind of modification ____ without informing all the members at that meeting.
A | shouldn’t be made |
B | didn’t need to be made |
C | wouldn’t be made |
D | didn’t use to be made |
E | ought not to have been made |
Question 19 |
The Supreme Election Council ____ the end results of the election at tomorrow’s gathering.
A | would verify |
B | is bound to verify |
C | might as well verify |
D | had verified |
E | are used to verify |
Question 20 |
As an antielectron speeds along, it _____ come up against one of the trillions of ordinary electrons in its immediate neighbourhood. It will do that in perhaps a millionth of a second.
A | must |
B | was unlikely to |
C | is about to |
D | may as well |
E | is bound to |
Question 21 |
Scientists fear that a patient's immune system _____ stem cells unless they _____ genetically identical to the patient's other cells.
A | may reject / are |
B | may have rejected / were |
C | could reject / had been |
D | has rejected / has been |
E | would be rejected / were |
Question 22 |
I _____ to make myself heard above the noise lest I _____ lost there.
A | have to shout / got |
B | had to shout / should get |
C | used to shout / would get |
D | have had to shout / should have got |
E | will shout / might have got |
Question 23 |
We_____ that we the adults are out to educate a group that mostly does not want education, and tailor our work accordingly.
A | could remember |
B | must have remembered |
C | may remember |
D | should remember |
E | could have remembered |
Question 24 |
A spokeswoman said the company has identified only four deaths to date where its recalled heparin _____ a role in them.
A | should have played |
B | must play |
C | had to play |
D | would play |
E | may have played |
Question 25 |
It was so dark that I fell down the stairs last night. I _____ the light.
A | must have fixed |
B | should have fixed |
C | had to fix |
D | would fix |
E | need to fix |
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