Modal Auxiliary Sentences for Practice

What is Modal Auxiliary?

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I should go back to Anil. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary of possibility)

Ans. I may go back to Anil.

He had flown more than 60 different types of aircraft (Rewrite using modal auxiliary of compulsion)

Ans. He must fly more than 60 different types of aircraft.

He remained a flyer to the end of his tenure in IAF (Use modal auxiliary of possibility)

Ans. He may remain a flyer to the end of his tenure in IAF.

I have arranged it all (Rewrite using modal auxiliary of conjecture)

Ans. I must have arranged it all.

I used to think so (State what the underlined modal auxiliary expresses)

Ans. used to – Past habitual action

A rainbow colours the entire sky. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary of ability)

Ans. A rainbow can colour the entire sky.

You can't connect the dots looking forward. (Pick out the Modal auxiliary and state its mood)

Ans. cannot – ability

You may ask that (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary of compulsion)

Ans. You must ask that

Businesses must be more responsible. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary of moral obligation)

Ans. Businesses ought to be more responsible.

Science and faith must coexist for human good. (Pick out the modal auxiliary and state its mood)

Ans. Must-compulsion

I asked him how one can become so academically accomplished. (Pick out the modal auxiliary and frame a sentence of your own with the modal).

Ans. can – modal auxiliary
If one has the will power, he can do everything he sets out to do.

He could still feed himself. (Identify the auxiliary verb)

Ans. Could

Pick out the modal auxiliary verb and state the mood/function.

I will do my best to save you from this situation.

Ans. Modal – will; Function – to express certainty

I may join the school cricket team.

Ans. Modal – may; Function – to express possibility

We ought to greet our grandparents with respect

Ans. Modal – ought to; Function – to express moral obligation

You must prove your innocence in the court.

Ans. Modal – must; Function – to express compulsion

You should stop quarrelling right away

Ans. Modal – should; Function – to express command

You must have given your very best.

Ans. Modal – must; Function – to express guess

We ought to plant a tree for every tree that we cut.

Ans. Modal – ought to; Function – to express moral obligation

We need to act now for tomorrow will be too late.

Ans. Modal – need to; Function – to express necessity

May you scale heights of popularity.

Ans. Modal – may; Function – to express wish

Strict action will be taken.

Ans. Modal – will; Function – to express certainty

I will do my best to save you from this situation.

Ans. Modal – will; Function – to express certainty