60. Choose the correct item

1. “Can I talk to you, please?”

“Sorry, I…….go now. I’m late for a meeting.”

A. mustn’t B. has to C. must

2. “The test was too difficult for me.”

“Oh dear, I…….do it quite easily.”

A. was able to B. can’t C. can

3. Hot weather makes ….. uncomfortable.

A. me feeling B. me to feel C. me feel

4. “Where’s your father?” “He……..be in the garage.”

A. might B. can C. mustn’t

5. “Sorry Mum. I’ve broken a plate.” “You…….be more careful.”

A. may B. should C. might

6. ‘Where’s Tom?” “He’s not at work, so he…….be at the library.”

A. must B. can’t C. can

7. “Is Tom good at languages?”

“Yes, he…….already speak French, German and Italian.”

A. can’t B. can C. could

8. “I……swim until I was ten.”

“Well, I didn’t learn until I was eleven.”

A. can B. can’t C. couldn’t

9. “I………feed the dog at lunchtime. My brother did it in the morning.”

“You can do it this evening, then.”

A. didn’t need to B. needn’t have C. need

10. “Did you deliver that parcel for me?”

“No, I……find the house, so I’ve come back to get a map.”

A. can B. could C. couldn’t

11. “Jim…….lose some weight. His doctor said so.”

“Then he must go on a diet.”

A. mustn’t B. can C. has to

12. “Todd was a very talented child.”

“I know. He ……play the piano well when he was seven.”

A. couldn’t B. could C. can

13. “How was the test?”

“Easy. All the children……pass it.”

A. were able to B. could C. can’t

14. “What are you doing this summer?”

“I hope I’ll…….go on holiday with my friends.”

A. could B. be able to C. can

15. “I’ve just taken a loaf out of the oven.”

“Oh, that’s why I……..smell fresh bread when I came home.”

A. was able to B. can’t C. could

16. The problem of pollution…….worse these days.

A will get B. got C. is getting

17. This time yesterday we…….in the sea.

A. swam B. are swimming C. were swimming

18. Doris ……in the office since April.

A. has been working B. works C. is working

19. …….the housework, Maggie sat down to rest.

A. Doing B. Having done C. Done

20. He was hot because he…….in the sun.

A. sat B. had been sitting C. is sitting

1. I…….to you as soon as I get home.

A. wrote B. have written C. will write

2. They……a lot of animals at the zoo last weekend.

A. see B. saw C. are seeing

3. It’s no use…….the door. It’s locked.

A. push B. to push C. pushing

4. Karen suggested…….a new car.

A. buy B. buying C. to buy

5. We expect everyone…….to the meeting.

A. come B. to come C. coming

6. They are considering…….another shop next year.

A. open B. opening C. to open

7. The match……..at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

A. start B. has started C. starts

8. Samantha is starting a new job tomorrow. She …….forward to it.

A. is looking B. looks C. look

9. They were happy to hear they…….a prize.

A. win B. had won C. were winning

10. I think James ……us tomorrow.

A. has visited B. visit C. will visit

11. The boys avoided……through the dark forest.

A. walking B. to walk C. walk

12. They don’t allow…….in the examination room.

A. talking B. talk C. to talk

13. Don’t make me ….. that boring grammar book!

A. to study B. studying C. study

14. I……James tonight. We have arranged it.

A. see B. ’m seeing C. saw

15. You had better……your umbrella with you today.

A. taking B. to take C. take

16. I think my sister…….a dancer one day.

A. become B. is becoming C. will become

17. Look at the sunshine! It ……a beautiful day.

A. is going to be B. is being C. be

18. They…….for half an hour when the doctor came.

A. have waited B. had been waiting C. wait

19. The boss has decided…… a bigger office.

A. to rent B. renting C. rent

20. The whole class studied hard, so they all…. their exams.

A. are passing B. pass C. passed