Practice Exercise on Modal Verbs/Expressions that emphasize
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- Q1Supply the correct modal verb: My grandmother is eighty-five, but she ……………… still read and write without glasses. (Ability)cancouldmay45s
- Q2Supply the correct modal verb: ………………. you help me with the housework, please? (Polite request)willshouldcould45s
- Q3Supply the correct modal verb: There was a time when I ………….. stay up very late. (Past ability)wouldcouldcan45s
- Q4Supply the correct modal verb: You …………….. not lose any more weight. You are already slim. (Necessity)mayneedshould45s
- Q5Supply the correct modal verb: We …………… make the first move. (Prohibition)will notcannotmust not45s
- Q6Supply the correct modal verb: It is raining outside so I …………… stay at home. (Intention)canwillmay45s
- Q7Supply the correct modal verb: …………….. you mind if I borrowed your car? (Permission)shouldwillwould45s
- Q8Supply the correct modal verb: Our country ………………. become a super power by 2025. (possibility)canmaywill45s
- Q9Supply the correct modal verb: She …………… sell her home because she needs money. (weak possibility)couldmightwould45s
- Q10Pick out the expression that emphasizes used in the statement. "This event makes clear that the government is anti-poor."this eventthatanti-poormakes clear45s
- Q11Pick out the expression that emphasizes used in the statement. "Our community is under community quarantine. For this reason, people are not allowed to stay outside their homes."for this reasonunderour communitynot allowed45s
- Q12Pick out the expression that emphasizes used in the statement. "I would like to make a point of such outlandish travel requirements imposed on our returning OFWs."such outlandishmake a point ofwould likeimposed on45s
- Q13Pick out the expression that emphasizes used in the statement. "To stress, this health crisis must be solved using health-related solutions."using health-related solutionsthisto stressmust45s
- Q14Pick out the expression that emphasizes used in the statement. "The scientific projection of UP research institute that our country's COVID-19 cases will reach 40,000 by the end of June was, indeed, factual."by the end ofindeedwill reachfactual45s