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