Modal Verbs 🔒

This 9-question quiz works on English modal verbs like can, must, might, and should.

Helpfully, each sentence tells you the meaning it is looking for in brackets, so a prompt like The students ___ study tonight for their exam tomorrow. is marked as obligation, while another is marked as possibility.

What makes modals interesting is how a small word completely changes the message, since saying you can do something is very different from saying you might or you must.

The clues in brackets make it a friendly place to start if modals still feel slippery.

Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

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Question 1

Kelly and Chris ___ understand English last year. (inability in the past)

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Stephen bought a lottery ticket. He thinks he ___ be lucky. (possibility)

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___ you ride a bicycle? (ability)

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My father suggested that I ___ take a master's degree. (recommendation)

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Robert ___ swim when he was young. (inability in the past)

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The students ___ study tonight for their exam tomorrow. (obligation)

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Martha ___ go to the movies tonight. (possibility)

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Scott is amazing. He ___ do 1000 push ups every morning. (ability)

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Sonia ___ go to the baseball championship next Saturday. (promise)

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