初中英语情态动词练习

初中英语情态动词练习 情态动词练习 1. --- Where is Mary? --- She ____ in 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. 1 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.” 2 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 you B. don’t we C. shall we D. do you 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 3