16 ) A : I couldn ' t persuade John to come to the match with us . He said he couldn ' t afford it . B : You .......... to lend him the money . A : I did , but he said he .......... borrow any money at the moment .
MODALS TEST 1
A ) have offered / ought not to B ) could have offered / would rather not C ) may have offered / used not to D ) must have offered / wouldn ' t like E ) can offer / had better not
20 ) They ........ their house yet . They only put it up for sale yesterday .
A ) haven ' t been selling B ) might not be selling C ) needn ' t have sold D ) ought not to sell E ) can ' t have sold
ANSWER KEY
17 ) ......... I ask you a favour ? ............ you work on Thursday night this week instead of Friday night ?
1 . B 2 . C 3 . B 4 . E 5 . D 6 . A 7 . C 8 . C 9 . E 10 . B 11 . D 12 . C 13 . A 14 . A 15 . D 16 . B 17 . C 18 . E 19 . A 20 . E
A ) Can / Will B ) Would / Will C ) May / Could D ) Might / Shall E ) Must / Would
18 ) Amy Johnson , the first woman pilot who ........ from England to Australia , ........ several times during her flight to fill her plane with petrol .
A ) had flown / has stopped B ) could fly / was stopping C ) used to fly / might stop D ) was flying / would rather stop E ) flew / had to stop
19 ) .......... you take this screwdriver back to Mr Smith next door and thank him for lending it to us ? A ) Will B ) Must C ) Ought D ) Shall E ) May