Scholar's JUNIOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION || Lesson 26: AUXILIARY VERBS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS Page 180

 EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Fill in each blank with shall or will:
1. I _____ win a scholarship.
Ans: will


2. Mohan _____ not deceive me.
Ans: will

3. _____ I come to your help?
Ans: shall

4. I _____ be drowned in the river.
Ans: shall

5. Nobody _____ save me at all.
Ans: will

6. You _____ not bully him.
Ans: shall

7. They _____ have to vacate this room.
Ans: will 

8. _____ you get me a cup of coffee?
Ans: will

9. You _____ not be so rude, my son.
Ans: shall

Exercise 2. Fill in each blank with should or would:
1. We _____ not accept this man as our king.
Ans: should

2. You _____ not live beyond your income.
Ans: should

3. Siddhartha _____ sit for hours and think hard.
Ans: would

4. _____ I go to the market, I would bring you  a toy.
Ans: should

5. _____ you lend me your pen for some time?
Ans: would

6. Had I been rich, I _____ have helped you.
Ans: would

7. Should you be late, I _____ wait for you.
Ans: would

8. Walk fast, lest we _____ miss the train.
Ans: would

9. _____ that I were a millionaire!
Ans: would


Exercise 3. Fill up each blank with can or could or may or might:
1. It  _____ rain to-night.
Ans: may

2. She  _____ come home by 3 p.m.
Ans: might

3. Who  _____ lift this heavy load?
Ans: can

4. I ran fast so that I _____ not be late.
Ans: might

5. _____ I use your phone, sir?
Ans: may

6. The news _____ be false.
Ans: may

7. _____ our P.M. live long!
Ans: may

8. I would help you, if I _____.
Ans: could

9. He _____ have finished his home work.
Ans: might

Exercise 4. Fill up each blank with must or should or ought to:
1. We ____ win the match .
Ans: must

2. You ____ help your friends .
Ans: should 

3. We _____ love our motherland .
Ans: ought to

4. They ____ cut their coat according to the cloth.
Ans: must

5. _____ you be late, I would wait for you .
Ans: should

6. She ____ love her husband dearly .
Ans: ought to

7. Everybody _____ take exercises daily.
Ans: should 

8. He lifted this heavy stone easily . He ____ be very strong .
Ans: must

Exercise 5. Fill up each blank with need or dare or used to:
1. She _____ not worry at all.
Ans: need

2. How _____ you be so rude?
Ans: dare

3. I _____ wrestle in my youth .
Ans: used to

4. _____ you touch him in my presence ?
Ans: dare

5. _____ you go to him today ?
Ans: need

6. _____ he to bully you every day?
Ans: dare

7. I _____ say, this money will not do.
Ans: used to

8. How _____ he misbehave with her?
Ans: dare

Exercise 6. Fill up each blank with have or do
1. I _____ to go to the market daily .
Ans: have

2. She _____ to decide and answer right now.
Ans: have

3. She likes coffee and so _____ he.
Ans: do

4. I don't like apples and nor _____ she.
Ans: do

5. We _____ our house white - washed yesterday .
Ans: did

6. Jim _____ not take exercises but I do.
Ans: does

Exercise 7. Fill up each blank with a suitable form of be:
1. We _____ to dig the hidden treasure.
Ans: are

2. Bess _____ to marry Tom next month.
Ans: is

3. She _____ furious if I leave this place.
Ans: is

4. It ____ very hot and stuffy today.
Ans: is

5. What date ____ it the day before yesterday?
Ans: was

6. What time _____ it by your watch?
Ans: is

7. Mr Stephen _____ to make a speech last evening.
Ans: was

8. She _____ fair, tall, slim and charming.
Ans: is

9. It _____ about a kilometre to the bus-stand from here.
Ans: is

10. Sheela _____ to marry Sam today.
Ans: was

11. I _____ going to be twelve tomorrow.
Ans: am

12. Both the friends _____ going to Mumbai.
Ans: were

13. At what time _____ they going to the station?
Ans: were

14. The principal _____ to address the students.
Ans: was

15. It _____ very cold in Simla.
Ans: is

Exercise 8. Correct the following sentences:
1. You need not asked me?
Ans: You need not ask me.

2. I may lift this stone easily.
Ans: I can lift this stone easily.

3. She will sit idle the whole day long.
Ans: She would sit idle the whole day long.

4. Had I gone there, I will have met him.
Ans: Had I gone there, I would have met him.

5. He dares not face me at all.
Ans: He dare not face me at all.

6. How dared you touch my books?
Ans: How dare you touch my books?

7. Work hard lest you should not fail.
Ans: Work hard lest you should  fail.

8. We should keep our promises.
Ans: We must keep our promises.

9. Does they help you?
Ans: Do they help you?

10. You can have helped your friend.
Ans: You could have helped your friend.

11. Do I need to pray daily in the morning?
Ans: Need I pray daily in the morning?

12. You must not to tease her like that.
Ans: You must not tease her like that.

Exercise 9.
(a) Write two sentences which would express desires.
Ans: I would do it at all costs.
       We should always have our own perspectives.

(b) Fill up the correct auxiliary verb in each blank:
1. Walk carefully lest you _____ stumble.
Ans: should 

2. I _____ have something cold.
Ans: would 

3. I _____ take heavy exercise in youth.
Ans: must

4. _____ I use your pen to sign this paper?
Ans: May

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