CBSE Class 10 English Integrated Grammar Based on Modals And Prepositions Worksheet

Question. Complete the sentences with a suitable modal. Negative forms are also possible. There may be more than one correct answer.
1. I like Saturdays because I________get up early.
2. You________play football on the road. It’s dangerous.
3.I’m not quite sure about his age. He________ be 40 or 50.
4. I________do some exercise. I’m getting very unfit.
5.Passengers________smoke anywhere on the train.
6.In England, you________be eighteen to vote.
7.________you pass me that book, please?
8.I ________take my dog to the vet yesterday. He was very ill.
9.Liz ________use a computer so she’s going to computer classes.
10.You ________smoke in the library.
Answer.
1.don’t have to
2.must not
3.might
4.should
5.must not
6.must
7.can
8.had to
9.can not
10.must not

Complete the sentences using modal verbs as directed in parenthesis.

Question. I ________go to bed now or I won’t be able to get up for work.
(obligation)
(a) must
(b) have to
(c) can
(d) may
Answer.(a) Must is used when the feeling of obligation comes directly from the speaker, who feels she or he wants to emphasize its importance.

Question. I’m afraid I can’t come to your birthday party. The boss has told me I________go away on business. (obligation)
(a) must
(b) have to
(c) can
(d) may
Answer.(b) Have to expresses obligation but usually describes what other people, not the speaker, require (i.e., the external obligation).

Question. You really________stop driving so fast or you’ll have an accident. (obligation)
(a) can
(b) will
(c) have to
(d) must
Answer.(c) Have to expresses obligation but usually describes what other people, not the speaker, require (the external obligation).

Question. This is going to be an expensive month because I ________pay the telephone bill. (obligation)
(a) may
(b) can
(c) might
(d) must
Answer.(d) Must is used when the feeling of obligation comes directly from the speaker, who feels she or he wants to emphasize its importance

Question. Now, people________use computers to view their accounts and pay their bills. (ability)
(a) can
(b) could
(c) may
(d) might
Answer.(a) Make a request or ability —can, could

Question. The literature________be organized by date, author or argument. (ability)
(a) may
(b) might
(c) will
(d) can
Answer.(d) Make a request or ability—can, could

Question. You________use mobile phones inside the aircraft. (prohibition)
(a) had to
(b) can
(c) could
(d) mustn’t
Answer.(d) Express prohibition

Question. There is someone at the door. It________be the courier.
(assumption)
(a) had to
(b) must
(c) ought
(d) shall
Answer.(b) Express assumption

Question. We sent the parcel by express courier. It________to have reached Pamela by now. (deduction or conclusion)
(a) may
(b) shall
(c) ought
(d) could
Answer.(c) Ought to is used to express two principal meanings: (i) duty, necessity, obligation; (ii) deduction or conclusion to a given situation.

Question. When I was in college, I________study eight to nine hours in a day. (past habits no longer in use)
(a) used to
(b) could
(c) might
(d) will
Answer.(a) Express a habit that is no longer in use.

Complete the sentences using modal verbs as directed in parenthesis.

Question. You don’t look well. You________see a doctor. (Advice)
(a) are not
(b) could
(c) need to
(d) should
Answer.(d) should

Question.________lending me your CD player for a couple of days?
(Request)
(a) Can you
(b) Could you
(c) Would you
(d) Would you mind
Answer.(d) Would you mind

Question. Whose bag is this? I am not sure. It ________be Ann’s.
(Possibility)
(a) might
(b) must
(c) should
(d) would
Answer.(a) might

Question. She home yesterday because her little son was sick. (Necessity)
(a) could have stayed
(b) had to stay
(c) must have stayed
(d) should have stayed
Answer.(b) had to stay

Question. You_______leave work at 3:30 today. (Permission)
(a) can
(b) could
(c) might
(d) will
Answer.Answer.(a) can

Question. Though he was ill and weak, he ________get out of the burning building. (Ability)
(a) could
(b) might
(c) should
(d) was able to
Answer.(d) was able to

Question. The windows look clean. You________wash them. (Absence of necessity)
(a) can’t
(b) don’t have to
(c) must not
(d) are not to
Answer.(b) don’t have to

Question. You________disturb him during his work! (Prohibition)
(a) could not
(b) don’t have to
(c) must not
(d) should not
Answer.(c) must not

Question. Whose car is this? ________it be Anton’s. I think I saw him driving a red car like this one. (Strong probability)
(a) Might
(b) Could
(c) Must
(d) Would
Answer.(c) Must

Question. I don’t believe it. It_______be true. (Impossibility)
(a) can’t
(b) mustn’t
(c) shouldn’t
(d) wouldn’t
Answer.(a) can’t

Question. There is a modal missing in each line against the blank given. Write the missing modal along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that
the modal you have supplied is underlined.I like you to know the story of Helen Keller,
(a) _______who neither see nor hear from the time she was a baby.
(b) _______She was unable to play with other children and not hear
(c) _______what was said to her. Doctors do nothing to make her hear
(d) _______and see again for the first time, Helen learnt that things have
(e) _______names under Ann Sullivan’s guidance.
Answer.
(a) I would like
(b) who could neither
(c) and could not
(d) Doctors could do
(e)things must have

Ques.1.In the following passage, one modal needs to be inserted in each line. Write the missing modalalong with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it.

Before    Missing     After

Let’s go shopping. I have to buy many things.

(a) I believe I get them all in this shop.______________________________

(b) You see, I buy a present for my friend.______________________________

(c) What we look at first?______________________________

(d) Gloves. I think they be on this floor.______________________________

(e) I see just the kind we want.______________________________

(f) You try these on.______________________________

Ans.1.BeforeMissingAfter

(a)I        can       get
(b)I       have      tobuy
(c)What shall      we
(d)they  might    be
(e)I       can      see
(f)You   should   try

Ques.2.Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.

If we sit in an incorrect posture, we (a) __________ strain our back. As far as possible, this (b)__________be avoided. If the posture becomes a part of habit, a low back pain invariably develops. It (c)__________ becured if we become conscious of our posture. We can also take time out to perform a few exercises. If theexercises are done regularly, the backache (d) __________certainly be cured. It (e) __________also improvethe blood circulation within the spine.
Ans. (a) might        (b) should       (c) can       (d) will         (e) will

Ques.3.Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

If you want to go (a) __________ bus, you have to go (b) __________the bus stop. You look (c) __________thetime table. Then you wait (d) __________your bus. When the bus arrives, you get (e) __________the bus.You buy a ticket  (f) __________ the conductor or show your pass (g) __________ him. When you arrive(h) __________ your destination, you get (i) __________ the bus.
Ans.(a) by     (b) to     (c) at      (d) for      (e) on     (f) from      (g) to      (h) at    (i) off

Ques. 4.In the given passage, one word has been omitted from each line. Write the missing word alongwith the word that comes before and after it in the space provided.

BeforeMissingAfter

(a) Toto jumped of Dorothy’s arms and______________________________
(b) hid the bed, and the girl started to catch him. Aunty______________________________
(c) threw open the trap door the floor and______________________________
(d) climbed down the ladder the small, dark hole.______________________________
(e) Dorothy caught Toto last and started to follow.______________________________
(f) her aunt. When she was halfway the room, there.______________________________
(g) came a great shriek the wind, and the house shook.______________________________
(h) so hard that she sat down suddenly the floor.______________________________

Ans.
Before  Missing  After
(a)jumpe  dout       of
(b)hid     under      the
(c)door     in          the
(d)ladder  into       the
(e)Toto     at          last
(f)halfway across   the
(g)shriek   from     the
(h)suddenly  upon  the