Answer Key
Test
Fill in the missing modal verbs.
- Have you got any string? - - - Well, there [should] be some in the kitchen drawer. Try the top shelf on the right.
- It [can't, cannot] be a bird! It's too small. Perhaps an insect, right?
- Have you noticed that Jane wears something yellow every day? - - - I know. She [must]like yellow.
- Where's Susan? She is not usually late. She [must] have forgotten we were supposed to meet at 2 pm.
- The results were completely wrong. As a scientist, she [ought] to have planned the experiment more carefully.
- I [mustn't, can't, shouldn't] eat so much. I'm [supposed] to be on a diet.
- You'd [better] reply to him as soon as possible. He's a hot shot in the company.
- You [should, ought to] have sent the letter last week. Now it's too late.
- It [may, might] rain tomorrow. I personally don't really believe it. But the weather forecast said it is possible.
- Janet is a great girl. She's an interesting person to talk to. You [must, should] meet her!