Modals Exercises

Fill in the blanks:

1.  Ashwin's flight from India to Australia took more than 22 hours. He .......... be exhausted.  He ........... prefer a long night's sleep than attend the party.

2.  If one wants to learn to speak an entirely new language, one ......... start conversing in it with a person who has fluency in it.

3.  Spending too much time looking at you smartphone at night time, in darkness, ........... be dangerous. It is known to cause macular degeneration of the eye!

4.  While learning to swim one ......... use a floater. One .......... also use a goggle so that one could comfortable look in the water.

5.  I have been practising Pranayama for the past two and a quarter years, so I ......... hold my breath for almost 35 seconds, ........ you?

6.  Abhinav's penthouse is huge! It ....... must be at least over a crore or two!

7.  Please go for a walk at least five times a week, or you ....... become unhealthy because of all the junk food you dump in your mouth!

8.  I ........ play the harmonium as a teenager, but after so many years of hibernation, I ........ manage only a few slow notes on the keyboard.

9.  The practicals ......... help the students in gaining an insight into the working of MS-Access.

10. Where are the books? They ......... to be here, but they aren't!

11. You ....... carry a water bottle to the outing, as you won't be allowed any breaks in between.

12. ........... we just go to sleep and have this conversation tomorrow? I really need to finish some pending work at my workplace tomorrow.

13.OMG! I have left my keys at your house? What ........ we do now?

14. ......... I borrow your mobile phone for a moment? I really need to make this urgent call.

15. I ........ believe the way I was treated, alas, this is what my friend warned me of before!

16. The dog was playing in the garden a few minutes back, so it .......... be someone from this gathering that dognapped it.

17. I ........ why she starts crying the moment she hears that song. It ........ be some past unresolved bitter memory.

18. ............................ you think just for once before you speak like that? You could end up hurting someone.

19. I remember keeping the mobile on the dining table before went to the bath, it ........ be inside the house only.


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