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MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE 19
Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals. Sometimes more than one modal
may be suitable.
(a) But now and then, when her husband was at the office, she (1) .......... sit
by the window and her thoughts (2) ...... go back to that far away
evening, the evening of her beauty and her success. What (3).
....... have
been the end of it if she had not lost the necklace ? Who (4) ....... say?
How strange and various are the chances of life. How small a thing
(5) ........ save or ruin you.
(b) Her friend did not recognize her and said : 'I'm afraid I don't know you.
You (1) .......... have made a mistake.
(c)
If the matter is one that (1) .......... be settled by observation, make the
observation yourself. Aristotle (2) ......... have avoided the mistake of
thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device
of asking Mrs Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
(d) Suresh : (1) .......... you recite a nursery rhyme ?
Atul : (
I (2) ..... when I was in my nursery classes but I (3)
not recite any now.
(e) Dear Rajan, last year I (1) ......... send
send you Rs 500 every month. But I'm
afraid I (2) .....
not send you this amount now. You may or (3)
not like this but I (4) .... like to make it clear that I (5)
...... make
a cut somewhere if I want to live within my income. However, yo
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Answer 1

Answer:

a) would, would, might, could, could

b) must

c) can, might

d) can, could,can

e) would,can,may, would, cannot