Question

Fill in the blanks with modal auxiliaries appropriate to the meaning given in the
brackets.
i) He ……………………. sit and talk all day. ( past habit)
ii) We ……………………. win the match . (determination)
iii) It ……………………. rain today. (very weak possibility)
iv) ……………………. your wishes come true! (wish/prayer)
v) ……………………. you open the door, please? (request)
vi) ……………………. you spare some time for me? (polite/request)
vii) We ……………………. respect our elders. (moral obligation)
viii) You ……………………. not have spoken thus. (advice)
ix) He ……………………. have lost his temper. (belief)
x) You ……………………. not worry about the problem. (absence of necessity)
xi) We ……………………. run or we shall miss the train. (obligation)
xii) Don’t worry, I ……………………. do it. (promise)
xiii) I ran as fast as I ……………………. (ability)
xiv) You ……………………. sit in my room. (permission)
xv) You ……………………. not ask for more bread. (prohibition)
xvi) I ……………………. rather stay at home than go with you. ( preference)
xvii) He ……………………. have missed the bus. (strong probability)
xviii) You ……………………. see a doctor at once. (emphatic advice)
xix) I ……………………. not face him (absence of courage)
xx) You ……………………. not go to England. (absence of compulsion)

Answer 1

Answer:

hey mate here is your answer.....

1. habited to
2. should
3. may
4. may
5. will
6. will
7. should
8. did not
9. should
10. do
11. should
12. will
13. can
14. can
15. should
16. can
17. should not
18. should
19. can
20. can.....

hope this answer helps you.....

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answers are as follows :

i) He habited to sit and talk all day. ( past habit) 

ii) We should win the match . (determination) 

iii) It may rain today. (very weak possibility) 

iv) May your wishes come true! (wish/prayer) 

v) Will you open the door, please? (request) 

vi) Will you spare some time for me? (polite/request) 

vii) We should respect our elders. (moral obligation) 

viii) You did not not have spoken thus. (advice) 

ix) He should have lost his temper. (belief) 

x) You do not worry about the problem. (absence of necessity) 

xi) We should run or we shall miss the train. (obligation) 

xii) Don’t worry, I will do it. (promise) 

xiii) I ran as fast as I can. (ability) 

xiv) You can sit in my room. (permission) 

xv) You should not ask for more bread. (prohibition) 

xvi) I might rather stay at home than go with you. ( preference) 

xvii) He can not have missed the bus. (strong probability) 

xviii) You should see a doctor at once. (emphatic advice) 

xix) I can not face him (absence of courage) 

xx) You may not go to England. (absence of compulsion)

Explanation :

• A modal auxiliary verb provides details regarding how the primary verb it governs performs.
• Although modals can serve a wide range of communication purposes, these purposes can typically be described in terms of one of the following sorts of modalities, on a scale from possibility ("may") to necessity ("must").

• An example of a modal verb would be "likely," "able," "permission," "request," "capability," "recommendation," "order," "obligation," or "counsel." The base (infinitive) form of another verb with semantic content is always used with modal verbs.
• The modal verbs that are most frequently used in English are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must.

• Concerned with the theoretical possibility that statements are true or false, epistemic modality (including likelihood and certainty)

• Concerned with potential and necessity in terms of acting freely, deontic modality (including permission and duty)

• Dynamic modality can be separated from deontic modality by the fact that the subject's own skill or willingness to act serves as the conditioning component.

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