Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 1

Choose the correct modal to complete the sentence.

Click on the button beside the correct answer.

  1. A good sense of humour is important, even in business. You _____________________________________ serious all the time.
    1.   don't have to be
    2.   don't not have to be
    3.   don't got to be
    4.   mustn't be
  2. There's no hurry. You ________________________________ that report until Friday of next week.
    1.   don't have to finish
    2.   shouldn't have to finish
    3.   don't have to be finishing
    4.   have to not finish
  3. At my school, students _____________________________ uniforms. We could wear whatever we wanted.
    1.   had not wear
    2.   didn't have got to wear
    3.   don't have to wear
    4.   didn't have to wear
  4. When you meet someone for the first time in Canada, you _______________________________________________________
    1.   have got to introduce yourself
    2.   have to introduce yourself
    3.   should introduce yourself.
    4.   must to introduce yourself.
  5. Life would be so much better if none of us _________________________________________
    1.   had to have start working.
    2.   have to work.
    3.   must have started working.
    4.   had to work.
  6. The sign says' "No parking". That means you ______________________________________________
    1.   cannot be leaving your car here.
    2.   cannot leave your car here.
    3.   shouldn't have to leave your car here.
    4.   mustn't to leave your car here.
  7. Watch out for that car, Timmy! You ___________________________________ both ways before you step into the street.
    1.   have got to look
    2.   should be looking
    3.   had to look
    4.   must have looked
  8. You _____________________________ a 15% tip after eating in a restaurant in British Columbia. It is expected.
    1.   should leave
    2.   must leave
    3.   have got to leave
    4.   must have left
  9. I'm really out of shape. I ____________________________ going to the gym regularly.
    1.   must to start
    2.   have to start
    3.   has to start
    4.   must be starting
  10. You ___________________________ cigarettes in British Columbia unless you are 19 years of age. That is the law.
    1.   musn't not buy
    2.   shouldn't buy
    3.   cannot buy
    4.   don't have to buy