INTERMEDIATE TEST 4

-Modal verbs (can, could, have to)
1. I _____ work very hard because I have an exam next week.
A) am having
B) has to
C) had to
D) have to

2. You _____ work hard after your exam. You can have a holiday.
A) had to
B) won’t have to
C) have too
D) won’t have

My father is a customs official so he always __(3)__ wear a uniform at work, but my mother is a teacher so she __(4)__ wear one.
3.
A) doesn’t have to
B) have to
C) has to
D) don’t have to
4.
A) doesn’t have to
B) have to
C) has to
D) don’t have to

When we were teenagers, we __(5)__ be home by nine o’clock. But we __(6)__ take as many exams as teenagers nowadays.
5.
A) had to
B) won’t have to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

6.
A) had to
B) didn’t have to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

7. I can’t see the small print very well. I think I ____ wear glasses soon.
A) will have to
B) won’t have to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

8. Nobody enjoys _____ get up at five o’clock in the morning.
A) have to
B) has to
C) having to
D) will have to

9. _____ we _____ have any vaccinations before we go to Barbados?
A) Will / have to
B) Did / have to
C) Won’t / have
D) Are / having

10. _____ your grandmother _____ leave school when she was only
fourteen?
A) Will / have to
B) Did / have to
C) Won’t / have
D) Are / having to

11. You _____ be a millionaire to shop in Harrods. Everything is expensive
there.
A) will have to
B) won’t have to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

12. If I fail my exam, ____ I ___ take it again?
A) will / have to
B) did / have to
C) does / have to
D) do / won’t have

13. I phoned the plumber because I _____ smell gas in the kitchen.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

14. Jane and John saved and saved, and finally they _____ buy the house
of their dreams.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

15. I phoned yesterday, but I ____ get an answer. Where were you?
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t
16. The neighbors were having a row, and I _____ hear every word they
said.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

17. ____ you speak French before you moved to Paris?
A) Can
B) Could
C) Managed to
D) Couldn’t

18. I went for a ten-mile run last Saturday. It nearly killed me! I _____
move on Sunday.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

19. _____ you _____ find all the things you wanted at the shops?
A) Did / have to
B) Did / can
C) Did / manage to
D) Did / could

20. The police _____ find the man who had stolen my car. He was sent
to prison.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

21. My grandfather _____ speak four languages when he was alive.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t
22. When we got to the top of the mountain we _____ see for miles.
A) can
B) could
C) managed
D) couldn’t

23. In my country you _____ get married when you’re sixteen.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

24. Speak up! I _____ hear you!
A) can
B) could
C) can’t
D) couldn’t

25. _____ I borrow your dictionary?
A) Can’t
B) Could
C) Manage to
D) Couldn’t

26. I’d love _____ help you, but I can’t. I’m sorry.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) to be able to

27. I _____ get into my house last night because I’d lost my key.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

28. Women _____ vote in England until 1922.
A) can
B) are able to
C) managed to
D) couldn’t
29. I’m learning Spanish because I want _____ speak when I’m in
Mexico.
A) can
B) could
C) will be able to
D) to be able to

30. The doctor says I _____ walk again in two weeks’ time.
A) can
B) could
C) will be able to
D) to be able to

I asked the teacher if I __(31)__ open the window, but she said I __(32)__ because it would be too noisy.

31.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

32.
A) can
B) could
C) managed to
D) couldn’t

33. I’m sorry, but I _____ come to your party next week.
A) can’t
B) couldn’t
C) can
D) ‘ll be able to

34. I love driving! _____ drive has changed my whole life.
A) Can
B) Could
C) Will be able to
D) Being able to
35. Children in my country _____ go to school when they’re 7.
A) doesn’t have to
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

36. Adults _____ go to school.
A) doesn’t have to
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

37. Every adult _____ go to work.
A) doesn’t have to
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

38. A retired person_____ go to work.
A) doesn’t have to
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

39. Teenagers _____ study for exams.
A) doesn’t have to
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

40. You _____ drive on the right in Britain.
A) mustn’t
B) has to
C) have to
D) don’t have to

 

INTERMEDIATE Test 4

1-D 2-B 3-C 4-A 5-A 6-B 7-A 8-C

9-A 10-B 11-C 12-A 13-B 14-C 15-D 16-B

17-B 18-D 19-C 20-C 21-B 22-B 23-A 24-C

25-B 26-D 27-D 28-D 29-D 30-C 31-B 32-D

33-A 34-D 35-C 36-D 37-B 38-A 39-C 40-C