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Q1. Suhana’s son

a) will become a doctor next year.

b) need become a doctor next year.

c) used to become a doctor next year.

d) dare become a doctor next year.

Ans. a

‘Will’ is used to express simple future with the pronouns of the second or third persons.

Q2. Mohan

a) shall easily climb the tree at the age of ten.

b) could easily climb the tree at the age of ten.

c) will easily climb the tree at the age of ten.

d) need easily climb the tree at the age of ten.

Ans. b

‘Could’ is used to express ability / capacity in the past.

Q3. Sohail

a) has like to have tea in the evening.

b) would like to have tea in the evening.

c) need like to have tea in the evening.

d) can like to have tea in the evening.

Ans. b

‘Would’ is used to express a wish concerning the future action of another person.

Q4. The correct sentence is

a) Meena’s mother won’t appreciate it.

b) Meena’s mother may be appreciate it.

c) Meena’s mother need appreciate it.

d) Meena’s mother dare appreciate it.

Ans. a

‘Will not’ or ‘won’t’ is used to express unwillingness to do something.

Q5. The correct sentence is

a) Will we stay or leave?

b) Shall we stay or leave?

c) May we stay or leave?

d) Used to we stay or leave?

Ans. b

‘Shall’ is used to ask for advice, suggestion, request with the first person (I, We) in the interrogative.

Q6. We

a) ought to follow the traffic rules.

b) will to follow the traffic rules.

c) shall to follow the traffic rules.

d) may to follow the traffic rules.

Ans. a

‘Ought to’ expresses duty, inner conscience, a sensible action or advice. It has the same sense as ‘should’.

Q7. You

a) might be catch cold, if you go out in the rain.

b) need to catch cold, if you go out in the rain.

c) will catch cold, if you go out in the rain.

d) shall be catch cold, if you go out in the rain.

Ans. c

‘Will’ is used to express prediction.

Q8. I

a) shall never forget where I came from.

b) need never forget where I came from.

c) dare never forget where I came from.

d) has to never forget where I came from.

Ans. a

‘Shall’ is used to express promise.

Q9. The correct sentence is

a) May I have your pen, please?

b) Will I have your pen, please?

c) Need I have your pen, please?

d) Dare I have your pen, please?

Ans. a

‘May’ is used to express possibility.

Q10. This answer

a) will to be correct.

b) need to be correct.

c) has to be correct.

d) shall to be correct.

Ans. c

‘Has to’ is used to express compulsion or certainty.

Q11. I wish, he

a) would reach here soon.

b) dare reach here soon.

c) need reach here soon.

d) will to reach here soon.

Ans. a

‘Would’ is used to express a wish, concerning the future action of another person.

Q12. How

a) have you talk like this to me?

b) used to you talk like this to me?

c) dare you talk like this to me?

d) ought to you talk like this to me?

Ans. c

‘Dare’ means ‘to have courage’ which is generally used in the negative and interrogative sentences.

Q13. Preeti

a) must have reached London by now.

b) have to reached London by now.

c) dare to reached London by now.

d) need to reached London by now.

Ans. a

‘Must’ is used to express assumption, strong probability.

Q14. Anyone

a) need make mistakes.

b) ought make mistakes.

c) have to make mistakes.

d) can make mistakes.

Ans. d

‘Can’ is used to express possibility.

Q15. Monica is so tired. She

a) will worked days and nights.

b) need worked days and nights.

c) must have worked days and nights.

d) dare worked days and nights.

Ans. c

‘Must’ is used to express assumption, conclusion/ inference, certainty/ strong probability.

Q16. She

a) need to be allowed to suffer.

b) dare to allowed to suffer.

c) have to allowed to suffer.

d) shall not be allowed to suffer.

Ans. d

‘Shall’ is used to express that something certainly will or must happen.

Q17. Your face is dirty. You

a) need wash it.

b) shall wash it.

c) will wash it.

d) should wash it.

Ans. d

‘Should’ is used to express logical necessity or probability.

Q18. You must be joking. That

a) can’t be true.

b) will to be true.

c) dare be true.

d) need be true.

Ans. a

‘Can’t’ is used to express impossibility.

Q19. The correct sentence is

a) Used to you like to have coffee?

b) Dare you like to have coffee?

c) Would you like to have coffee?

d) Need you like to have coffee?

Ans. c

‘Would’ is used to express a polite request or suggestion.

Q20. The ‘modal’ which means the same as ‘should’ is

a) will.

b) have to.

c) ought to.

d) must.

Ans. c

Ought and should have the same sense .

Q21. I

a) need like to recite a poem.

b) would like to recite a poem.

c) could like to recite a poem.

d) have to like to recite a poem.

Ans. b

‘Would’ is used to express a desire politely.

Q22. Take an umbrella. It

a) shall rain today.

b) have to rain today.

c) might rain today.

d) used to rain today.

Ans. c

‘Might’ is used to express a doubtful or remote possibility.

Q23. Cigarettes are unhealthy. People

a) won’t smoke them.

b) can’t smoke them.

c) mustn’t smoke them.

d) shall smoke them.

Ans. c

‘Mustn’t is used to express the prohibition of ‘very strong obligation.’

Q24. I

a) will help laughing at his foolishness.

b) shall help laughing at his foolishness.

c) used to help laughing at his foolishness.

d) can’t help laughing at his foolishness.

Ans. d

‘Can’t help’ means ‘can’t avoid’. It is used in an idiomatic sense.

Q25. He is working so hard that

a) he used to win a scholarship.

b) he need win a scholarship.

c) he dare win a scholarship.

d) he shall win a scholarship.

Ans. c

‘Shall’ is used to express future.

Q26. Sharmila

a) used to eat a lot of candies when she was a child.

b) Will eat a lot of candies when she was a child.

c) need eat a lot of candies when she was a child.

d) must eat a lot of candies when she was a child.

Ans. a

‘Used to’ is used to express the existence of something in the past.

Q27. Priya

a) had to go to hospital yesterday.

b) need to go to hospital yesterday.

c) will go to hospital yesterday.

d) must go to hospital yesterday.

Ans. a

‘Had to’ is used to express compulsion or necessity.

Q28. You look tired. You

a) should go to bed.

b) will go to bed.

c) need go to bed.

d) would go to bed.

Ans. a

‘Should’ is used to express duty or obligation.

Q29. This bottle

a) need hold the whole milk.

b) have to hold the whole milk.

c) dare hold the whole milk.

d) will hold the whole milk.

Ans. d

‘Will’ is used to express a certain quantity or capacity of the thing mentioned.

Q30. Children

a) need eat a balanced diet to stay healthy.

b) should eat a balanced diet to stay healthy.

c) dare eat a balanced diet to stay healthy.

d) has to eat a balanced diet to stay healthy.

Ans. b

‘Should’ is used to give advice or make a recommendation.

Q31. When you have a small child at home, you

a) mustn’t leave small objects lying around.

b) won’t leave small objects lying around.

c) need not leave small objects lying around.

d) could not leave small objects lying around.

Ans. b

‘Mustn’t’ is used to express necessity, compulsion or prohibition.

Q32. I

a) would prefer to keep quiet.

b) can be prefer to keep quiet.

c) should be prefer to keep quiet.

d) need prefer to keep quiet.

Ans. c

‘Would’ is used to express future in the past.

Q33. Leena’s purse

a) need in the living room.

b) might be in the living room.

c) shall in the living room.

d) will in the living room.

Ans. c

‘Might’ is used to express suggestion.

Q34. Do you know if Sumit

a) need sing?

b) have to sing?

c) would be sing?

d) can sing?

Ans. d

‘Can’ is used to express ability.

Q35. You

a) should help the needy.

b) will to help the needy.

c) need help the needy.

d) can to help the needy.

Ans. a

‘Should’ is used to express duty or obligation.

Q36. I

a) might be at the meeting by 10 a.m.

b) have to be at the meeting by 10 a.m.

c) can to be at the meeting by 10 a.m.

d) dare to be at the meeting by 10 a.m.

Ans. b

‘Have to’ is used to express compulsion or necessity.

Q37. Vani is on diet. She

a) need eat that cake.

b) should not eat that cake.

c) won’t eat that cake.

d) dare not eat that cake.

Ans. c

‘Won’t’ expresses certain future situation.

Q38. If you see him

a) Shall you tell him to come?

b) Must you tell him to come?

c) Can you tell him to come?

d) Need you tell him to come?

Ans. c

‘Can’ is used to express an informal request.

Q39. Mohit

a) shall report for duty on Friday.

b) might to report for duty on Friday.

c) dare report for duty on Friday.

d) need report for duty on Friday.

Ans. a

‘Shall’ is used to express command.

Q40. I have completed the task. You

a) won’t do it.

b) wouldn’t do it.

c) may not do it.

d) needn’t do it.

Ans. d

‘Needn’t’ implies absence of necessity or obligation.

Q41. Slow down your car. You

a) mustn’t drive so fast.

b) will drive so fast.

c) need to drive so fast.

d) shall drive so fast.

Ans. a

‘Mustn’t’ is used to express prohibition or negative command.

Q42. I knew that she

a) ought to very successful in her career.

b) need very successful in her career.

c) must very successful in her career.

d) would be very successful in her career.

Ans. d

‘Would’ expresses past habits.

Q43. Sheela

a) shall to get the promotion.

b) could to get the promotion.

c) ought to get the promotion.

d) will to get the promotion.

Ans. c

‘Ought to’ expresses duty, inner conscience, a sensible action or advice.

Q44. He

a) need become our next king.

b) used to become our next king.

c) shall become our next king.

d) dare become our next king.

Ans. c

‘Shall’ is used to express predestination or determination.

Q45. There

a) used to be a garden in this place long ago.

b) have to be a garden in this place long ago.

c) must be a garden in this place long ago.

d) may be a garden in this place long ago.

Ans. a

‘Used to’ is used to express the existence of something in the past.

Q46. If I were a cosmonaut, I

a) would travel to mars.

b) used to travel to mars.

c) can travel to mars.

d) need travel to mars.

Ans. a

‘Would’ is used to express ‘an unreal condition’.

Q47. The correct sentence is

a) Will you run fast, you will win the race.

b) Dare you run fast, you will win the race.

c) Must you run fast, you will win the race.

d) Should you run fast, you will win the race.

Ans. d

‘Should’ is used to express future.

Q48. You

a) will see a movie or go out for dinner.

b) could see a movie or go out for dinner.

c) need see a movie or go out for dinner.

d) dare see a movie or go out for dinner.

Ans. b

‘Could’ is used to express suggestion.

Q49. Sorry, I

a) has to go now.

b) may to go now.

c) have to go now.

d) dare to go now.

Ans. c

‘Have to’ is used to talk about what the speaker or listener wants.

Q50. The correct sentence is

a) Used to you speak any foreign language?

b) Ought to you speak any foreign language?

c) Can you speak any foreign language?

d) Have you speak any foreign language?

Ans. c

‘Can’ is used to express polite offers of help.

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