Choose the right modal verb

Modal fill in the blanks practice exercise:

1. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He ………….. be tired after such hard work. He …………… prefer to get some rest.
2. ……………… I stand on your head for more than a minute? No, I ……………….
3. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you ……………. to work hard.
4. Take an umbrella. It …………….. rain later.
5. You ………………. leave small objects lying aroun, Such objects …………… be swallowed by children.
6. People ………………… walk on grass.
7. I……………speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I ………….. just say a few things in the language.
8. The teacher said we ………….. read this book for our own pleasure as it is optional. But we ……………. read it if we don’t want to.
9. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You ……………. buy any.
10. It’s a hospital. You ……………smoke.

Answers:-

1. Must, may
2. Can, can’t
3. Need
4. Might
5. Shouldn’t, may
6. Mustn’t
7. Could, can
8. Can, needn’t
9. Needn’t
10. Mustn’t