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Direction: Underline The Modal That Best Completes The Sentence

This document provides directions to underline the modal verb that best completes each sentence in a series of sentences. The sentences cover a variety of situations and contexts involving ability, permission, possibility, necessity and speculation. Modal verbs like can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, ought to are used to complete the sentences.

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Direction: Underline The Modal That Best Completes The Sentence

This document provides directions to underline the modal verb that best completes each sentence in a series of sentences. The sentences cover a variety of situations and contexts involving ability, permission, possibility, necessity and speculation. Modal verbs like can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, ought to are used to complete the sentences.

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Direction: Underline the modal that best completes the

sentence.
1. Teds fight from the Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He (had better,
can, must) be exhausted after such a long fight.
2. The book is otional. !" rofessor said #e could read it if #e needed extra
credit. $ut #e (cannot, dont ha%e to, must not) read it if #e dont #ant to.
&. 'usan (couldnt. might not, cant) hear the seaker because the cro#d #as
cheering so loudl".
(. The tele%ision isnt #orking. )t (must be, must ha%e been, must) damaged
during the mo%e.
*. +ate, (Are "ou able to, -an "ou, !ight "ou) hold "our breath for a minute.
/. 0ou ( cant, shouldnt, dont ha%e to) be rich to be a success. 'ome of the
most successful eole ) kno# ha%ent got a enn" to their name.
1. )%e redone this math roblem at least t#ent" times, but m" ans#er is #rong
according to the ans#er ke". The ans#er in the book (ha%e to, must, should)
be #rong.
2. 0ou (#ont be able to, couldnt, cant) do the 3ob if "ou didnt seak 4aanese
fuentl".
5. 0ou ( cant, dont ha%e to, shouldnt) #orr" so much. )t doesnt do "ou an"
good. 6ither "ou get the 3ob, or "ou dont. )f "ou dont, 3ust al" for another
one. 6%entuall", "ou #ill 7nd #ork.
18. 0ou (should, ha%e to, ought to) be kidding9 That cant be true.
11. 0ou (ma", #ould, might) lea%e the table once "ou ha%e 7nished "our
meal and olitel" excused "ourself.
12. 4enn"s engagement ring is enormous9 )t (must cost, must be costing,
must ha%e cost) a fortune.
1&. ('hall, !ust, :ill) #e mo%e into the li%ing room. )ts more comfortable
in there and theres a beautiful %ie# of the lake.
1(. )f ) had gone #hite #ater rafting #ith m" friends, ) (#ould ha%e foat,
#ould foat, #ould be foating) do#n the -olorado ;i%er right no#.
1*. At 7rst, m" boss didnt #ant to hire 'am. $ut, because ) had re%iousl"
#orked #ith 'am, ) told m" boss that he (ought to, has to, must) take
another look at this resume and reconsider him for the osition.
1/. 0ou (has to, had better, can) take along cash. The restaurant ma" not
accet credit cards.
11. The machine (ma" turn, could be turning, could be turned) on b"
fiing this s#itch.
12. ) cant stand these<) (might, had better, ha%e got to) get out of here.
)m going to take o= for a#hile #hile "ou get rid of them.
15. 0ou (dont ha%e to, couldnt, musnt) forget to a" the rent tomorro#.
The landlord is %er" strict about a"ing on time.
28. >o "ou al#a"s ha%e to sa" the 7rst thing that os into "our head.
(-ant, !ight, 'hould) "ou think once in a #hile before "ou seak.
21. Terr" and ?rank said the" #ould come o%er right after #ork, so the"
(ha%e to, should, can) be here b" /,88.
22. 0esterda", ) (had to, should, must) cram all da" for m" ?rench 7nal. )
didnt get to slee until after midnight.
2&. :e (shall, might, #ould) no longer su=er the in3ustice of oression9
?reedom shall be ours9
2(. )f ) had gone to the @ni%ersit" of !iami, ) (could ha%e, could, could be)
articiated in their 'anish immersion rogram.
2*. The lam (could not, might not, must not) be broken. !a"be the light
bulb 3ust burned out.

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