M014 - Modal Verbs

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Choose the correct modal verb phrase.


  1. The businessman from England spoke so fast that I understand him.
  2. I would like to ski so quickly.
  3. I'm pretty sure Dad is at home. He working at this time in the evening.
  4. It rain this afternoon. It's pretty cloudy already.
  5. Please, have patience. I'll help you soon.
  6. I didn't have the key so I get inside.
  7. My best friend become a great athlete, but he didn't practice enough.
  8. Jimmy take the driving test last year because he was only 17.
  9. It is a difficult question but he answer it.
  10. It be him. He told me he'd gone to Australia.