初三英语语法单项练习   情态动词

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1.       We ______________ keep the new traffic law and learn how to protect ourselves.

A. may                   B. should                 C. can                    D. need

2. –Must I park my car behind the building? -No, you ___________. You ______ park it here.

   A. mustn’t; may       B. may not; must        C. don’t have to; may  D. shouldn’t; must

3. –Where is my umbrella?   -It is fine today. You ________ take an umbrella with you.

    A. can’t                B. needn’t              C. mustn’t                    D. shouldn’t

4. I hear you’ve got some new Australian coins. _____________ I have a look?

  A. Do                             B. May                 C. Shall               D. Should

5. –Can I tell my best friend about it?

  -No. I don’t want anyone else to know it. You ______________ keep it to yourself.

  A. must               B. need                 C. can             D. may

6. The light in the office is off. The teacher _______________ be there now.

A. may                       B. can’t               C.mustn’t              D. must

7. –Listen! Helen is singing in the next room. -It _________ be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.

   A. can’t             B.mustn’t             C.may                 D. should

8.-Must I come at four o’clock?  -Oh, no, you________________.

   A. mustn’t               B. don’t                   C. can’t               D. don’t have to

9. –May I borrow your umbrella? -Sorry, I ______________ lend to you because it is broken.

A. can’t                   B. mustn’t               C.shouldn’t              D. needn’t

10. –Will you stay here for supper?  -Sorry, I ________. I’ll have to meet my uncle at the station.

  A. mustn’t             B. can’t                      C.needn’t               D .don’t

11. –I was told to be here before eight.

  -Oh, you _____________. I’m sorry for not telling you that we have changed the plan.

  A. must                 B. can’t                 C. may                  D. needn’t

12. Boys, you ___________ be sitting in this room. It is for your teachers only.

  A. shouldn’t            B. don’t have to                 C. won’t                    D. needn’t

13. Excuse me. Read the text louder, please. I ________________ hear you.

A. can’t             B. wouldn’t              C .needn’t              D. may not

14. Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool. It _____ be very expensive.

   A. must               B. can                    C.mustn’t                     D. can’t

15. You _______________ go and ask Meimei. She __________________ know the answer.

   A. must, can        B.must, may                 C. need, can      D. can, may

16. –Can you go swimming with us this afternoon?

  -Sorry, I can’t. I __________ take care of my little sister at home because my mother is ill.

  A. can              B.may                    C. would               D. have to

17. –Where is Jack, please? -He __________________ be in the reading room.

     A. can           B. need        C. would       D. must

18. You _________________ learn English well, I’m sure, without opening your mouth.

   A. needn’t       B.can’t         C. mustn’t      D. may not

19. –Look!Thick black smoke keeps coming from the house.-There ___ be a fire. Call 119 at once.

  A. maybe         B.must        C. could         D. would

20. –I can’t find my key. Have you seen it anywhere?  -It _________ in your handbag, I think.

   A. may be           B. can be      C. may         D. must

21.-__________I come in, M R. Green?   -Yes, come in, please.

   A. Must            B.May        C. Will            D. Need

22. Must we hand in our exercises today?” “No, you________________.

   A. needn’t            B.mustn’t     C. shouldn’t     D. can’t

23. You __________ till you finish your lessons.

   A. had better not go   B. had better not to go  C. had not better go        D. haven’t better to go

24. Lingling isn’t at home now. She ______________be at school.

   A. can            B. must        C.mustn’t       D. can’t

25. I think she _________________ about her children.

A. need worry   B.doesn’t need to wory  C. needs not worry  D.needn’t to worry

26. I can’t answer you right now. I have ____________________.

A. think it over   B.think over it    C.to think it over  D. to think over it

27. No one _______________ answer the question.

  A. can be able to B. be able to      C. is able to        D. able to

28. You ______________ worry so much.

   A. not need     B.don’t need to   C. needn’t to      D.don’t need

29. You ___________ do it though you don’t want to.

   A. can’t        B.mustn’t        C. nedn’t.             D. have to

30. The machine doesn’t work. There _________________ something wrong with it.

   A. must be        B.can have      C.can be                   D. must have

31. It is raining hard outside. You’d better_______________.

   A. not go out         B. not to go out   C. to go out          D. not going out

32. “May I go now?” “Yes, you _____________________.”

   A. may      B. must              C. have to       D.need

33. “That must be a mistake.” “No, it ___________ be a mistake”.

   A. mustn’t   B. needn’t                   C. wouldn’t      D.can’t

34. We ________________ help now. We can do it ourselves.

   A. don’t need some    B.needn’t any    C.don’t need any   D.don’t need to some

35. Tom _____________ look after his younger sister, for their mother is not at home.

   A. should     B.may             C. can              D. could

36. Oughtn’t the boy _______ a doctor, Mary?

A. see                    B. saw         C. to see                 D seeing

37. “You get up early tomorrow.” The teacher said.

   A. don’t need        B.need not     C. not need to         D.need not to

38. I ought ______ make a living this way.

A. not to   B. to not    C. not      D. to not to

39. “Where is Tom?” “He _______________ in the reading –room. Reading is his hobby.”

A. can             B.must be     C. can’t be              D. mustn’t be

40. You are coughing. You _______________ feel terrible.

A. have to         B. may               C. can                    D. need

41. We ______________to repair the TV set yesterday.

   A. didn’t need      B.needn’t      C.need not           D.needed not