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Checkpoint!
A. GRAMMAR EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1. DIRECTONS: Use the correct modal in each sentence based on
its context.
1. He ________ come and see his boss.
2. I don’t think the President ________ change is decision.
3. I doubt if I ________ stay here much longer.
4. I think I ________ stay at home tonight.
5. I ________go shopping tonight. I haven’t decided yet.
6. Each nurse ________ be responsible for up to twenty patients.
7. You saw me standing at the bus stop! You ________ have stopped and
given me a lift.
8. He said the next meeting ________ be in a month’s time.
9. ________ you like another cup of tea?
10. I ________ like the roast duck, please.
11. She ________ play the piano when she was five.
12. He asked me if I ________ pick him up after work.
13. The equipment ________ be inspected regularly.
14. That ________ not be the right answer.
15. You ________ have discussed it with me first.
EXERCISE 2. DIRECTIONS: Read the short story Bell the Cat, and box the
modals used in every paragraph.
BELL THE CAT
There was a grocery shop in a town. Plenty of mice lived in that grocery
shop. Food was in plenty for them. They ate everything and spoiled all the bags.
They also wasted the bread, biscuits and fruits of the shop. The grocer got really
worried. So, he thought "I should buy a cat and let it stay at the grocery. Only then
I can save my things." He bought a nice, big fat cat and let him stay there.
Teaching and Assessment of Grammar 99
