Modals and Usages Online Quiz
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Answer : C
Explanation
"Would" is also used in some cases to express wishes and desires politely.
Q 2 - I am just leaving but I will ask if Jishaan ... help you.
Answer : B
Explanation
"Might" is used to express an action with even lesser chance of happening than in the case of "may".
Q 3 - Harish ... have gotten up so early as he slept late.
Answer : A
Explanation
"Would, would not" is also used to make claims of some actions happening with some accuracy.
Q 4 - Joy told me to make him some tea and put some in a flask as he ... late.
Answer : A
Explanation
"Might" is used to express an action with even lesser chance of happening than in the case of "may".
Answer : A
Explanation
"Have to" is used in situations where the action is a compulsory thing to do.
Q 6 - I ... understand a word of what the cop was saying.
Answer : A
Explanation
"Could not" is used to speak about the inability of someone in doing an action in present or future, also about predicting an action with some accuracy.
Q 7 - As a child, I was not ... to leave the table until we had finished our food.
Answer : B
Explanation
“Allowed to” is used when you are given the permission to indulge in an action.
Q 8 - You ... be serious! How did that happen?
Answer : B
Explanation
"Cannot" is used to speak about the inability of someone in doing an action in present or future, and also about predicting an action with some accuracy.
Q 9 - You ... helped him with his homework. He should learn to do it himself.
Answer : C
Explanation
"Need not or needn't" is used in situations where doing the action is not necessary.
Q 10 - I … the job of taking care of my younger brothers when my parents went out.
Answer : A
Explanation
"Would" is used to recall a memory of some action that was frequently done in the past. It is interchangeable with "used to".
