Modal verbs

__________ you swim when you were 10?

• Could

• Can

• Would

• May

You ________ tell anyone what I just told you. It's a secret.

• can't

• shouldn't

• mustn't

• wouldn't

We have to rush. We __________ miss the last bus home.

• needn't

• couldn't

• mustn't

• can't

I think I _________ have failed the test, but I'm not sure.

• will

• may

• might

• could

This is a hospital. You ________ smoke here.

• must

• mustn't

• should

• shouldn't

I ________ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I ________ just say a few things in the language.

• could/could

• may/might

• can/can

• could/can

Take an umbrella. It _______ rain later.

• may

• might

• should

• could

_______ I ask a question? Yes, of course. (polite)

• Might

• Could

• May

• Can

She is so different from you, Claire. You _______ be her sister.

• can't

• can

• Could

• Couldn't

I must go to class now.

• ability

• Obligation

• Offer

• suggest