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Fill in the blanks with suitable modals for the meaning given in brackets:(i) We should - - - aim at noble goals. (desirability)(ii) You - - - leave the office early today. (permission)(iii) The govt. has declared that any enemy plane seen flying over its land - - - be shot down. (threat)(iv) He has sent the message that he - - - be late. (possibility)(v) She - - - tell her father the whole truth. (absence of courage)(vi) It’s raining I - - - take my rain coat. (compulsion)(vii) The country - - - build submariners before the Second World War. (ability)(viii) You are very late. However, you - - - meet him if you hurry up. (remote possibility)(ix) I - - - run a mile when I was young. (ability in the past)(x) “You - - - be looked after well”, said the manager of the hotel. (promise) (xi) - - - you prosper and live long! (blessing)(xii) Students - - - do their lesson every day. They - - - not to forget to do their home work. (duty)(xiii) “ - - - I stay here tonight? Said the stranger. (polite request)(xiv) Visitor’s to the steel plant - - - cross the railing put round the furnace. (prohibition)(xv) You - - - not hide from your parents what they - - - know. (obligation/necessity) |
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Answer» (i) should; (ii) may; (iii) shall; (iv) may; (v) dare not; (vi) must; (vii) could; (viii) might; (ix) could; (x) shall; (xi) May; (xii) must, ought; (xiii) could; (xiv) must not; (xv) should, must. |
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