Modal Verbs MCQs 2026

The main purpose of modal verbs is to

1. Aadd meaning such as ability, possibility, permission and obligation to the main verb✓
2. Bshow plural number✓
3. Cmark punctuation✓
4. Dindicate gender✓

Which sentence expresses possibility

1. AYou must leave now.✓
2. BIt may snow tonight.✓
3. CYou should study.✓
4. DHe can drive.✓

The sentence "Can I borrow your pen" asks for

1. Apermission✓
2. Bobligation✓
3. Cadvice✓
4. Dcertainty✓

Modal verbs do NOT change their form according to

1. Athe subject (they take no -s in the third person)✓
2. Btheir meaning✓
3. Cthe sentence✓
4. Dintonation✓

In "He must be at home; his car is outside", the word "must" shows

1. Aobligation✓
2. Blogical deduction or certainty✓
3. Cpermission✓
4. Dability✓

The expression "would rather" is used to express

1. Aability✓
2. Bobligation✓
3. Cprohibition✓
4. Dpreference✓

The modal used to give strong advice or recommendation is

1. Acan✓
2. Bmay✓
3. Cshould✓
4. Dwill✓

The sentence "Shall we go for a walk" is used to make a

1. Acommand✓
2. Bprohibition✓
3. Csuggestion✓
4. Dcomplaint✓

Choose the correct sentence.

1. AThey must to work hard.✓
2. BThey musts work hard.✓
3. CThey must working hard.✓
4. DThey must work hard.✓

The sentence "Might I make a suggestion" is a very

1. Apolite or formal request✓
2. Brude command✓
3. Cobligation✓
4. Dprohibition✓

The modal that expresses lack of necessity is

1. Amust✓
2. Bneed not✓
3. Ccan✓
4. Dwill✓

The sentence "He cannot be serious" expresses

1. Aability✓
2. Bimpossibility or strong doubt✓
3. Cpermission✓
4. Dobligation✓

Which of the following expresses obligation

1. Amay✓
2. Bmight✓
3. Cmust✓
4. Dcould✓

"Would" as the past of "will" is often used in

1. Areported speech and polite requests✓
2. Bcounting numbers✓
3. Cspelling✓
4. Dpunctuation✓

Modal verbs have no

1. Ameaning✓
2. Bsubject✓
3. Cuse✓
4. Dinfinitive or -ing forms of their own✓

The modal used to ask for or give permission politely is

1. Amust✓
2. Bshould✓
3. Cwill✓
4. Dmay✓

The sentence "She can swim" expresses

1. Aobligation✓
2. Bability✓
3. Cprohibition✓
4. Dadvice✓

The modal used to express ability is

1. Amust✓
2. Bshould✓
3. Cmay✓
4. Dcan✓

Which of the following is a modal verb

1. Arun✓
2. Bhave✓
3. Ccan✓
4. Dtable✓

The modal expressing past advice not taken, as in "You should have called", is

1. Acan have✓
2. Bmay have✓
3. Cmust have✓
4. Dshould have✓

The sentence "Will you please sit down" is a

1. Aprohibition✓
2. Bobligation✓
3. Cpolite request or invitation✓
4. Dstatement of ability✓

Choose the correct sentence.

1. AShe should to see a doctor.✓
2. BShe shoulds see a doctor.✓
3. CShe should seeing a doctor.✓
4. DShe should see a doctor.✓

"Might" is generally used to express a

1. Aweaker possibility than "may"✓
2. Bcertainty✓
3. Ccommand✓
4. Dprohibition✓

The sentence "You must submit the form today" expresses

1. Aability✓
2. Bpermission✓
3. Cobligation or necessity✓
4. Dpossibility✓

The sentence "May I come in" is a request for

1. Apermission✓
2. Bability✓
3. Cobligation✓
4. Dadvice✓

The past form of "can" is

1. Acanned✓
2. Bcould✓
3. Ccan✓
4. Dwill can✓

Modal verbs are helping verbs that express

1. Amood such as ability, possibility, permission or obligation✓
2. Bonly the past tense✓
3. Cplural nouns✓
4. Dpunctuation✓

The negative of "can" (ability) is

1. Acan not to✓
2. Bcannot✓
3. Cdo not can✓
4. Dcan not not✓

The sentence "He may have missed the bus" expresses a possibility about the

1. Afuture✓
2. Bpresent habit✓
3. Cpermission✓
4. Dpast✓

The words "dare" and "need" can function as

1. Aboth modal and main verbs✓
2. Bonly nouns✓
3. Conly adjectives✓
4. Donly prepositions✓

"Could you pass the salt" is more ___ than "Can you pass the salt".

1. Arude✓
2. Bpolite✓
3. Cincorrect✓
4. Dinformal only✓

The modal used to express a logical certainty, as in "He must be tired", is

1. Acan✓
2. Bmay✓
3. Cmust✓
4. Dshall✓

Choose the correct sentence.

1. AYou must not to smoke here.✓
2. BYou must not smoke here.✓
3. CYou must not smoking here.✓
4. DYou must to not smoke.✓

The sentence "You needn't worry" means you

1. Amust worry✓
2. Bshould worry✓
3. Cdo not need to worry✓
4. Dcannot worry✓

The modal "shall" is traditionally used with

1. Ahe, she or it✓
2. Bthey only✓
3. Cyou only✓
4. D"I" and "we" (in questions and suggestions)✓

Modal verbs are always followed by

1. Athe base form of the main verb (without "to")✓
2. Ba to-infinitive✓
3. Can -ing form✓
4. Da past participle✓

The sentence "Would you help me" is a

1. Apolite request✓
2. Bharsh command✓
3. Cprohibition✓
4. Dobligation✓

Which modal is used to express future intention or a promise

1. Acan✓
2. Bmay✓
3. Cwill✓
4. Dmust✓

In "When I was young, I could run fast", the word "could" expresses

1. Apresent ability✓
2. Bpast ability✓
3. Cpermission✓
4. Dobligation✓

The modal "ought to" is used to express

1. Aability✓
2. Bpermission✓
3. Cprohibition✓
4. Dmoral duty or advice✓

Choose the correct sentence.

1. AHe can to swim.✓
2. BHe cans swim.✓
3. CHe could swims.✓
4. DHe can swim.✓

The expression "used to" expresses

1. Apresent ability✓
2. Bobligation now✓
3. Ca past habit or state✓
4. Dpermission✓

The sentence "It might rain today" expresses

1. Acertainty✓
2. Bpossibility✓
3. Cobligation✓
4. Dpermission✓

The modal used to express strong prohibition is

1. Amust not✓
2. Bmay✓
3. Ccan✓
4. Dwill✓

The sentence "You should exercise daily" expresses

1. Aprohibition✓
2. Bability✓
3. Cadvice or recommendation✓
4. Dpermission✓