Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the box below. Sometimes more than one
answer is possible.
CAN - CAN'T – CAN'T HAVE - COULD – COULD HAVE - DON'T HAVE – HAD BETTER – MIGHT - MUST –
MUST HAVE - MUSTN'T – NEED - OUGHT – SHOULDN'T

1. You ___________________ be exhausted after your long trip. Come in and have a drink.
2. John ___________________ taken your car keys. He hasn't even left the house.
3. I won't go out this afternoon because the weather forecast is not very good, and I
___________________ get wet.
4. You ___________________ to apply for the job yet. You can do it later this week.
5. I ___________________ left my wallet in the car. I can't find it anywhere.
6. That ___________________ be Jake. It's impossible. He said he was going to Spain.
7. You ___________________ step into the headmaster's office without permission.
8. Tell your sister she ___________________ stay the night here if she wants to.
9. You have already drunken a glass of wine. You ___________________ not drive. Let me.
10. You ___________________ see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you go to Paris.
11. I ___________________ to take orders from you. You're not my boss!
12. When I was younger, I ___________________ run very fast.
13. Your cold is getting worse and you have a runny nose. You ___________________ to see the
doctor.
14. My husband is preparing dinner. He's not a good cook so you ___________________ expect
anything special.
15. Don't leave your window open at night. Someone ___________________ climb in.
16. Brenda ___________________ be over thirty. She graduated a year after me and I'm only 26.
17. You ___________________ to come with me. I can manage on my own.
18. She ___________________ got lost. Otherwise she'd be here by now.
19. You must be more careful. You ___________________ been killed crossing the street without
looking.
20. I didn't ___________________ to buy more groceries. We already had enough.