初中英语情态动词专项练习题
情态动词专项练习题
1. --- Where is Mary?
--- She ____ in the library.She told me she wanted to borrow some books from the library.
A. should be B. must be C. can be D. must have been
2. His room is dark. He must ____ to bed.
A. go B. be going C. have gone D. have been gone
3. “Will your father stay home tonight?” “I’m not sure, He ____to work.”
A. must go B. can go C. may be gone D. may be going
4. “Where is Tom?” “He isn’t here I think he ____ have gone home.”
A. may B. must C. might D. A or B or C
5. “I think Helen is at home.”
“ No, she ____ be at home, for she phoned me from the airport just five minutes ago.”
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. daren’t
6. He’s late. What ____ have happened to him?
A. can B. may C. should D, must
7. “ _____ he be watching TV now?” Yes, he _____ be watching TV now.” No, he _____ be watching TV now.”
A. Must; can; mustn’t B. Can; must; can’t C. Must; must; can’t D. Can; can; mustn’t
8. “____ he have left yesterday?” Yes, he ____ yesterday.” No, he ____ yesterday.”
A. Must; must have left; can’t have left B. Can; can have left; can’t have left
C. Can; must have left; can’t have left D. May; must have left; shouldn’t have left
9. You must be a writer, ____ you?
A. mustn’t B. are C. must D. aren’t
10. You must have seen her yesterday, ____ you?
A. mustn’t B. haven’t C. didn’t D. don’t
11. You must have seen her, ____ you?
A. haven’t B. didn’t C. don’t D. A or B
12. There was plenty of time. She ____ worried or hurried.
A. mustn’t have B. shouldn’t have C. must be D. needn’t have
13. I got up early, but I ____ so because I had no work to do that morning.
A. mustn’t have done B. didn’t need to do C. needn’t have done D. can’t have done
14. I ____ up early this morning. So I stayed in bed till 9 a. m.
A. needn’t have got B. didn’t need to get C. shouldn’t have got D. can’t have got
15. The flower is dead. I ____ it more water.
A. will give B. would have given C. must give D. should have given
16. He ____ have come here yesterday, but he didn’t.
A. could B. should C. ought to D. A or B or C
17. “Must he do it?”
“No, he ____.”
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. doesn’t have to D. B or C
18. “Need you go now?”
“Yes, I ____.” “No, I ____.”
A. need; needn’t B. must; needn’t C. may; mustn’t D. can; needn’t
19. “May I borrow your bike?” “No, you ____.”
A. mustn’t B. may not C. had better not D. can’t
20. “Can I do it?” “No, you ____.”or “No, please ____.”
A. can’t; doesn’t B. can’t; don’t C. can’t; can’t D. can’t; you don’t
21. I missed the last bus, so I ____ go home on foot.
A. must B. have to C. may D. had to
22. We ____ hurry if we want to arrive in time.
A. must B. need C. may D. have to
23. He ought to have won the first prize, ____ he?
A. oughtn’t B. shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. oughtn’t to
24. He ____ get up early when he lived in the countryside.
A. would B. used to C. mustn’t D. can’t
25. My brother ____ be very naughty, and my sister ____ like reading.
A. used to; would B. would; used to C. used to; used to D. would; would
26. ____ you please pass on a message to him?
A. Do B. Shall C. May D. Will
27. ____ we set off now?
A. Shall B. Will C. Would D. ought
28. “____ he open the window?” Yes, please.”
A. Does B. will C. Shall D. Would
29. I’ve told him many times, but he ____ listen to my advice.
A. shall not B. won’t C. will not D. wouldn’t
30. “Will you lend me a hand?” “Yes, I ____.”
A. will B. shall C. can D. may
31. Everyone ____ do his best for the modernization of China.
A. will B. don’t C. shall D. do
32. Let’s clean our room, ____?
A. will you B. don’t we C. shall we D. do you
33. Let us watch TV, ____?
A. will you B. don’t we C. shall we D. do you
34. Close the door after you, ____ you?
A. don’t B. do C. shall D. will
35. Every time he meets me, he ____ to me.
A. smiled B. would smile C. will smile D. is smiling
36. “____ you like to see a film?” “Yes, I’d like ____.”
A will; to B. Would; to see C. Would; to D. Will; to see
37. He asked me for his book many times. Please tell him he ____ have it tomorrow.
A. must B. may C. shall D. is
38. If you go into the fields and turn over a few big stones, a city of ant “people” ____ uncovered.
39. Night has fallen. We have to go home, ____ we?
A. don’t B. haven’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
40. The cat ____ hibernate is winter.
A. doesn’t need to B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
41. Your composition ____ rewriting, ____ it?
A. need; needn’t B. needs; doesn’t C. needs; does D. need; doesn’t
42. Neither of them ____ the snake.
A. dares catch B. dares to catch C. dare catch D. dare catching
43. He ____ any help.
A. needn’t B. doesn’t need C. need D. do need
44. I’m afraid you must have met with many difficulties in the work, ____?
A. didn’t you B. aren’t you C. mustn’t you D. needn’t you
45. I wish to shake hands with you, ____?
A. will you B. shall we C. can you D. may I
46. Susan, you are so lazy. This job ____ hours before.
A. should finish B. could be finished C. must have been finished D. should have been finished
47. ____ if it were spring all the year round?
A. Shall it be nice B. Will it be nice C. Would it be nice D. Ought it to be nice
48. Jane: You MUST do as I tell you. Kate: Oh, I must, ____?
A. should B. mustn’t I C. ought I D. must I
49. I don’t suppose he’s finished the job, ____?
A. do you B. is he C. has he D. hasn’t he
50. He was too busy, otherwise he ____ to see you.
A. would go B. would be C. should have D. would have gone
51. --- You can swim about under the water like a fish. --- It’s easy! Babies can do it. --- They can’t. You ____! A. must joke B. may joke C. must be joking D. can be joking
52. --- Must I finish all the exercises today?
--- No, you ____, but you ____ finish them before Friday.
A. mustn’t; need B. don’t have to; must C. needn’t to; need D. shouldn’t; ought
53. The boy ____ play truant.
A. dares B. dared not to C. dares not to D. didn’t dare to
54. We went to work on foot yesterday, though he ____ by bus.
A. must have gone B. might have gone C. would have gone D. could have gone
55. “Don’t you know ____ get those gold medals?”
A. how Tim could B. how Tim was able to C. how was Tim able to D. how could Tim
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