Grammar: Modal Verbs
Test your knowledge of English modal verbs including ability, permission, obligation, and possibility.
Questions cover modals of ability and permission, the difference between 'must' and 'have to', polite requests, and modals used to express deduction.
One small verb changes the whole meaning of a sentence — test how well you handle English's trickiest verb category.
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Q1
Which modal verb expresses ability in the present?
Q2
Choose the sentence with the correct use of 'must':
Q3
Which of the following modal verbs can express both permission and possibility?
What This Quiz Covers
- Modals of ability: can, could, be able to
- Modals of obligation: must, have to, should
- Modals of permission and polite requests
- Modals of possibility: may, might, could
- Modals of deduction and logical conclusion
- Prohibition: must not vs. don't have to
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