Daha önce YDS’ye yönelik dil bilgisi konularını anlattığımız yazılarımızda Modals konusunu ayrıntılarıyla ele almıştık. Bu defa Modals YDS Exercises başlığı altında sizlerle bu konuyla ilgili alıştırmaları paylaşmak istedik. Cevap anahtarı yazımızın son kısmında yer alıyor. Bu yazımızda Modals YDS testine ve alıştırmalarına erişeceksiniz.
A- Complete the sentences below by using be able to or could
- Luckily, the fire brigade —– put out the fire in the shopping center.
- When I was a child, I often —– beat my father in chess.
- Denny Williams —– knock out Mike Tyson in the last round.
- Jane —– speak a little Japanese when she was in Japan.
B- Complete the sentences with the present or past forms of strong probability
- Do you notice that Bill is behaving oddly? I suppose that he —– (undergo) depression now.
- George looks very healthy and fit. He —– (give up) smoking. Otherwise, he would be coughing and breathing heavily now.
- Although Joseph was brought up in a middle-class family, he —– (educate) in a great sense. Because he has been one of the most remarkable figures of philosophy.
- What do you think you’re doing? Look at your terrible notes. You —– still —– (daydream) during the classes, or you wouldn’t get such how marks.
C- Complete the blanks with the suitable forms of the modals of certainty
- Robert —– (cheat) in the exam. As far as I know him, he has been an industrious and honor student.
- A: Do you have any idea about how to be connected with Mr. Backer?
B: I am not so much sure. You —– (get) him through the line. I don’t know any other way.
- I think Michael —– (be) at the Kennedy Airport right at the moment since he left at seven and the flight takes about nine hours.
- A: Have you heard the president died this morning?
B: What! He —– (die). He was very healthy and careful with his food intake.
- A: Are you free to dine out with me tonight, Jessica?
B: Probably yes. It is because —– (visit) my grandparents if they are sent away from the hospital.
- Nowadays, Donald is being very extravagant with his money. I am quite sure that he —– (win) the lottery.
D- Complete the blanks below by using should or had better
- It is a good book. You should —– read it.
- It is time to tell her everything. You —– speak to her now. Or else, Martha will be so offended.
- The job requires a great attention. We —– be more alert than anyone else so that we won’t end up with a serious problem.
- What a good movie by Steven Spielberg. You —– have the chance to see it.
- Your pronunciation is terrible. If you want to pass the class, you —– work on it.
E- Should, should be doing veya should have done
- You —– (revise) the project one more time before getting a print.
- Alice said very strict words and Alien felt extremely humiliated. She —– (not do) so before everyone else.
- You look very tiny. You —– (not go) on such a strict diet.
- Look at those weight-lifters on TV. They are gossipping about their private affairs. Instead, they —– (concentrate) on getting new medals.
F- Complete the sentences below by using have to or must
- I —– wake up early this morning. Because I have a lot of things I want to cover during the day.
- I —– wake up early this morning. Because, I will meet some colleagues from the company at the airport.
- If you see her, tell her that she —– submit her term-project by Friday. Or else, she will absolutely fail.
- She has a problem with her eyesight. She —– wear sunglasses.
- Mary looks older than her age. I think she —– be in her fifties.
G- Fill in the blanks with “don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t” or “didn’t have to / didn’t need to”
- Christ —– pay for the phone bill as his mother said she would.
- You —– wrap the pizza. We’re going to eat it right now.
- We bought tickets in advance, hence we —– wait in the queue for long hours.
- A person in France —– get visa to travel through the members of the European Union.
- VIPs (Very Important Person) —– (line up) for check-in at the airport as they have a privilege given by the government.
- My mother is very skinny. She —– go on a diet for a healthy living.
- Dorothy is quite talented at many oriental languages, so she —– hire a guide while traveling in eastern countries.
- The meeting was announced to be called off. So, the board members —– (come) to the company’s center very early.
H- Fill in the blanks with “mustn’t” or “don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t”
- You —– throw the garbage into the street. You are to be fined if you do that.
- You —– park your car here. It belongs to the members of the Academy.
- You —– type it. Your handwriting is also acceptable.
- We —– eat out at lunch time. The company has a cafeteria free of charge.
- It is not required to be in a formal dress in the meeting. So, you —– wear a suit.
I- Complete the blanks by using either “Would mind + doing” or “Would mind if + I did”
- The fog has been impairing our vision since we set the journey off. Would you mind ——————— (slow down)? I am afraid we may have a deadly accident.
- Would you mind ——————— (have) a look at your newspaper? Because it has an article about education, which I find interesting a lot.
- John is so busy completing his assignment and it doesn’t seem that he will be able to finish in time. So, would you mind ——————— (give) a hand to him for the project?
- A: Would you mind ——————— (stop) to drink coffee? I have been driving all the way.
B: Of course, not. You seem extremely exhausted. So, do whatever you want to.
- A: Mr. Robson, would you mind ——————— (take) your time for a second?
B: I’m afraid, yes. Because, I am supposed to have a public talk now.
J- Complete the blanks below according to the situation given (You may use a variety of “modals” as there is no specific answer to them.)
- As a family you are returning from a very long vacation in the evening. Your husband, who has been wheelling the car, exceeds the speed limit even though the road is icy. Thus, you want him to slow down, and you say:
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- One of your friends is trying to persuade you in order to get some loan from you. Knowing that he is not such a one who keeps his promises, you do not want to do that. So, you refuse by saying:
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- You are in a post-office and the aim is to send a parcel which should be at its destination urgently. After learning the procedure of sending, you come to the officer to inform him about your wish. And you say:
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- After an exam you employed, your students get very low marks. As a result, they have some objections to you. Being aware of their poor performance during the class, you don’t accept their offers. Thereby, you say:
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- At home your mum is preparing the dinner and you are just zapping which makes her irritated. Consequently, she asks you for some help. So, she says:
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Questions- Modals Test-
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- According to the administration rules, visitors —– enter the mosque without taking their shoes off.
A) are not allowed to
B) weren’t able to
C) should
D) have had to
E) ought to
2. Yesterday morning, I forgot my keys inside the house, so I —– a locksmith.
A) should call
B) must have called
C) had to call
D) might call
E) need to call
3. A: Look! It is getting too late and we haven’t arrived at our destination yet.
B: You are right. We —– our precious time hanging around in the beginning.
A) couldn’t have spent
B) shouldn’t have spent
C) mustn’t have spent
D) may have spent
E) can’t have spent
4. If somebody helped me with my debts, I —– achieve paying them all.
A) can
B) may
C) will
D) should
E) could
5. Would you mind —– the ash of your cigarette in the astray instead of leaving it around?
A) if I left
B) leaving
C) to leave
D) left
E) leave
6. If I had been given the opportunity, I —– the boss instead of being an ordinary clerk.
A) could have become
B) must have become
C) should have become
D) will have become
E) am able to become
7. If you don’t love him, you —– tolerate his silly behaviour. Stopping relations with him is another choice.
A) don’t have to
B) mustn’t
C) are not allowed to
D) can’t
E) wouldn’t
8. Everybody did their best to change his mind. But, he didn’t listen to anyone but my father. He —– to dissuade him from his decision.
A) could
B) had better
C) was able to
D) have been able to
E) used to
9. When you go to Istanbul, you —– see the Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş.
A) had to
B) would prefer
C) should
D) had better
E) have to
10. A: Did you hear Turkey lost the match 1 to 5 against Greece?
B: What! This is terrible. You —– be serious.
A) mustn’t
B) can’t
C) shouldn’t
D) had better not
E) don’t have to be
11. I can’t find my dictionary in my bag. I —– it at school.
A) must have left
B) had to leave
C) should have left
D) wouldn’t have left
E) needn’t have left
12. It is obligatory that people —– drive on the left in England.
A) dare
B) have to
C) may need to
D) should
E) had better
13. If we continue going at this speed, we —– arrive there at about 5.
A) had better
B) have been able to
C) may
D) have to
E) would be able to
14. Since she was badly injured in the accident, he —– hearing aids in order to hear properly since then.
A) should have used
B) must have used
C) has had to use
D) could have used
E) was able to
15. Right at the moment, it is not possible to reach Mr. Taylor. He —– with the new secretary since the phone is engaged.
A) can’t be interviewing
B) should be interviewing
C) has to interview
D) must be interviewing
E) may have interviewed
16. I was extremely anxious during your absence last night and was about to call hospitals and police stations. You —– me about where you were.
A) should have informed
B) must have informed
C) shouldn’t have informed
D) can’t have informed
E) had to inform
17. Robert is the only one who —– survive the terrible plane crash. It is said that he was exposed to bitter conditions in the jungle for months.
A) could
B) should
C) had better
D) might
E) was able to
18. We took more money than necessary for our visit to antalya. However, we didn’t spend much of it. We —– so much money with us.
A) could have
B) didn’t need to have
C) needn’t have had
D) should have had
E) may not have had
19. I —– start working on my masters thesis as soon as possible. Or else, I won’t be able to submit it on time and complete my degree.
A) dare
B) had better
C) may
D) can
E) might
Modals Test
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- Jeremy may move to a better house in the same city if he receives a promotion.
A) Jeremy will probably change his actual home to a finer one in the city where he lives when he gets an advancement in rank.
B) Living in a better dwelling in the same town for Jeremy is always possible even if he isn’t promoted at work.
C) It will be difficult for Jeremy to carry all the furniture to a better house if he has a better job.
D) Jeremy had never thought about having a house with greater facilities than his old one until he became the manager.
E) As the town is full of residences which are much more comfortable than his house, he will move to one of them after the promotion.
2. You should have talked to us before purchasing that car.
A) Paying a huge amount of money for that must have been too burdensome for you.
B) We are looking forward to having a chat about your new automobile.
C) You should take our advice about the automobile you’re just bought into consideration.
D) It was your fault not to ask us about our ideas of the car you bought.
E) As your family, we were expecting from you to inform us about that car, and you did so.
3. Thanks to Robson’s great talent at drawing, he can paint a personal tableau swiftly.
A) Robson would be able to make pictures of people quickly if he had the enough capacity to make illustrations.
B) As an artist of the personal tableau, it takes just a few minutes of Robson’s despite the lack of his ability to draw.
C) Robson has the potential to make pictures of people in a very shırt time because he is markedly good at illustrations.
D) It is probable for Robson to paint a person’s tableau fast when he has a distinguished gift to illustrate.
E) Robson is permitted to portray people on a tableau in a rapid way as he is known to be gifted at making pictures.
4. Tom can’t have completed his assignment on his own since he is a lazy student.
A) Tom could have stopped working on the task by means of his own efforts despite being idle.
B) As Tom is known to be indifferent to his job, achieving all the work by himself is impossible.
C) Being an industrious pupil wasn’t enough for Tom to submit his project on time.
D) Tom’s carelessness with his responsibilities led some doubts to appear about how he could accomplish the assignment on his own.
E) I can’t believe my ears that Tom could finish the homework on his own since he is an idle student.
5. Today is your birthday, but neither your family nor colleagues have talked about it. Nobody seems to be aware of the importance of the day. A bit disappointed, you come back to home thinking that they have been very unkind to you. However, at home you’re in the middle of a surprise party for you. Hiding your first thoughts, you express that such an occasion wasn’t necessary:
A) You’re all bad guys, you should have told me that it is my birthday.
B) I’m very happy now, but you didn’t need to organize this big event for me.
C) Shall we go out to a restaurant to celebrate my birthday?
D) You were supposed to throw a party for my birthday, weren’t you?
E) What I know is friends must prepare surprises for each other.
6. You’ve recently won $ 10,000 in the lottery and it is the first time you’ve had such a great amount of money in your life. More than that, you have no absolute plan about what to do with the cash, which surprises all of your friends except one. Therefore, he comes to you and gives some advice by saying:
A) You’re really a fortunate person. Can you tell me how all that happened?
B) Jack, spending all the money must have been a challenging thing for you.
C) Now that you’re rich enough, you should have holidays all your life.
D) What would yıu say if I invested in the stock-market?
E) You could have taken a journey around the world.
7. It has been very late and your daughter hasn’t arrived yet. To make everything worse, it has been raining quite naturally, your wife is being very anxious about her. Depending on her daily routines, you have to make her calm. So you say:
A) Our little daughter doesn’t need to work so hard. She is already good at her job.
B) I’m in the same mood as you’re, and let’s give a ring to the police.
C) Relax Jenny! She must be arriving in her car to get home.
D) She should have already been with us. What could happen to her?
E) Jessica, you shouldn’t be worried about her. She is already a grown-up.
8. As you’re a widow with two children to whom you’ve dedicated all your life, you pay much attention to their punctuality. Fortunately, they do exactly what you expect from them. But one day, one of them gets home at midnight. You see that he has a logical excuse for his being late however, you still think that he had the chance to inform you about his absence. So you say:
A) Malcom, you could have at least phoned me about when you’d be at home.
B) My dear son, you should always be in contact with me whenever you’re.
C) I think you must be too exhausted right now.
D) You’re supposed to come back home immediately after school is over.
E) Finally, I was able to catch where you were last night.
Modals Test- 2-
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- Michael had better be early upon the warnings of my dad.
A) Despite all the advice my dad has for him, Michael has still been carrying on being late all his life.
B) Michael’s habit has always been coming delayed, so my dad repeatedly suggest him to be on time.
C) My dad was desperate about how to correct Michael’s being late, as a result he begged him not to be far behind the schedule.
D) Michael can’t be late again due to my dad’s warning, otherwise he’ll be severely punished.
E) Michael is permanently indifferent to dad’s warning about punctuality, so he has to receive a threatening one.
2. People in the library mustn’t make any noise so as not to cause disturbance.
A) If you’re in the library and noisy enough to be heard by others, the officers may permit you to stay there as long as you want.
B) When people are inside the library building they aren’t allowed to speak loudly so that others aren’t disturbed.
C) People don’t have to be too noisy while they are in the library, otherwise others get disturbed.
D) In order for the people inside the library building not to be disrupted, noise-makers can be warned.
E) A librarian shouldn’t allow anyone to be disruptive for other people during his visit to the library.
3. In the early years of our life, we used to swim in the river of our village.
A) Now the river we swam in is still clean and so we generally go swimming to our village as in our childhood.
B) It is also possible to have some swimming exercises in the river although many years have passed since our childhood.
C) When we were small kids, we could swim faster than we do now in the river as it was cleaner.
D) We don’t have the opportunity to be in the river at the moment as we had when we were younger.
E) During the years when we were children, we couldn’t swim in the river of our village, but we can do it now.
4. Last night, the Jetsons’ old house was in fierce fires, but they were able to escape the building safely.
A) Despite the existence of flames everywhere in the house, Jetson and his family managed to get out without any injury.
B) The Jetsons had ease while they were leaving their house, so they were not seriously injured.
C) As the Jetson’s residence was too old, it got burned, however, all the family were somehow out of the building.
D) Last night was terrible for Mr. Jetson’s family as they were caught fire in their old hıuse, but they hadn’t difficulty in getting out.
E) The Jetsons’ anxieties about the fire they were in fortunately didn’t come true last night.
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5. You’re traveling a long distance in a train. The man sitting next to you generally leaves the window open, which will cause the flu you have recently got over to appear again. Being afraid of that, you stand up and want to close it. However, he throws a disturbing glance at you. As a result, you ask in a kind and formal manner:
A) Do you mind getting the window a bit higher?
B) Can you tell the conductor to mend the window?
C) Shall I open it for you if you feel extremely hot?
D) Don’t you think that we have to know each other?
E) Would you mind if I closed the window?
6. You’ve become very old and lost your power to bear the noise made by children although you used to love listening to their bedlam. While resting at home, some children are playing in your yard. Of course, the result is that sort of noise which makes you disturbed. So you tell them that they are not allowed to have games there in a kind way:
A) Why don’t you get out of my garden?
B) There should be a playground right behind your school.
C) I didn’t use to be as noisy as you’re now.
D) You mustn’t play in my yard as it isn’t a playground.
E) I think you should be studying for your exams at home.
| 7. – 10. sorularda, verilen cümlenin hangi sorunun cevabı olduğunu bulunuz. |
7. “No, thanks, we can do it on our own.”
A) Shall I help you with the cooking?
B) Can you prepare delicious meals?
C) Are you leaving early tonight?
D) We don’t have to submit the homework next month, do we?
E) How long should the anchovy be kept in the cooker?
8. “You should take her to a physician in a very short time.”
A) I’m leaving tomorrow. Can you look after my daughter?
B) It was my mistake. What would you do if you were me?
C) How can we reach the emergency very quickly?
D) My baby is feverish. What do you advise me to do?
E) Your daughter is enthusiastic about musical instruments? Is she able to play any?
9. “Please, go ahead. It is right over there.”
A) Do we have to do all the exercises in detail?
B) May I take your dictionary for a moment?
C) Could your friends be ready for the flight?
D) Shouldn’t you fetch the letters for your dad?
E) Can you pass the sharpener on the table?
10. “She is able to type 200 words in a minute.”
A) Is it true that she may lose a fortune?
B) What does Tom’s girl-friend have to do so as to be a typist?
C) How fast could Jane complete a written assignment a few years ago?
D) What makes Shelly such a great secretary?
E) Does she have to be so slow during work?
CEVAP ANAHTARI
Exercise
A: 1- was able to, 2- could, 3- was able to, 4- could
B: 1- must be undergoing, 2- must have given up, 3- must have educated, 4- must be daydreaming
C: 1- can’t have cheated, 2- may, 3- must be, 4- can’t have died, 5- may visit, 6- must have won / was supposed to have a public talk on TV tonight
D: 1- Should, 2- Had better, 3- Had better, 4- Should, 5- Had better
E: 1- Should revise, 2- Shouldn’t have done, 3-shouldn’t have gone, 4- Should be concentrating
F: 1- must, 2- have to, 3- has to, 4- has to, 5- must
G: 1- mustn’t, 2- mustn’t, 3- don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t, 4- don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t, 5- don’t have to / don’t need to / needn’t
H: 1- didn’t have to, 2- needn’t, 3- didn’t need to, 4- don’t have to, 5- don’t have to, 6- doesn’t need to, 7- doesn’t need to, 8- didn’t need to
I: 1- slowing down, 2- If I had, 3- giving, 4- If I stopped, 5- taking
J: 1- Can please you go at a lower speed?, 2-I am afraid that I can’t lend you that amount, 3- Could you please stamp and seal my parcel?, 4- You are not allowed to have an excuse-exam by me, 5- Will you please bring a few onions for me?
Questions- Modals Test-: 1.A 2.C 3.B 4.E 5.B 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.D 16.A 17.E 18.C 19.B
Modals Test: 1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.E 8.A
Modals Test- 2- : 1.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.E 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.D
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