The document contains a series of questions about obligations, prohibitions, and tense (past/future or present) with regard to different situations involving rules, permissions, and requirements. Various modals such as must, can't, have to, and need to are used to express nuances of obligation, prohibition, permission and necessity. The questions test understanding of how these modals are properly used depending on the context and whether an action refers to something in the present, past or future.

1. Obligation Prohibition Past/Future
menu Present Mixed
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

2. menu Obligation 100
He ___ to learn hard last
week because he ____ to
write five tests this week.
had - has/needs
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3. menu Obligation 200
Why ___ he stay at home
every weekend?
Because he ___ to work in his
father’s shop.
must – has/needs
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4. menu Obligation 300
She ____ to write the test last
week because she was absent.
Next week she ___ to give a
presentation on the topic.
didn’t have/need –
will have/need
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5. menu Obligation 400
I ____ be off.
Do you really ___ to leave?
Yes, I do. You know I ___ to
get home by 9.
must – have/need – have/need
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6. menu Obligation 500
I don’t think she __ to go to the
meeting tomorrow.
Why not?
You know she is the manager’s
secretary and she always ___ to
stay in the office.
will have/need – has/needs
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7. menu Prohibition 100
Children __ watch this film
because it is only for
adults.
mustn’t
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8. menu Prohibition 200
My brother __ go to the
concert last night as Dad
grounded him because of his
terrible marks.
couldn’t
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9. menu Prohibition 300
I hope you can keep
secrets. Remember this is
top secret and you __
give it out to anybody.
can’t/mustn’t
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10. menu Prohibition 400
I’m sorry you must leave your
cameras in the bus because you
___ take photos in the
cathedral.
mustn’t/can’t
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11. menu Prohibition 500
Could you accept tips when
you worked at the cafe?
No, we ____ because we had
to give all the money to the
boss.
couldn’t
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12. menu Past/Future 100
Could you take photos in the
museum?
No, we ___ therefore we __
leave our cameras in the coach.
couldn’t – had to
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13. menu Past/Future 200
When you are an adult, you __
work and make enough money to
bring up your kids. You ___ go
to school.
will have to – won’t have to
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14. menu Past/Future 300
All the kids __ help with the
housework when their mother
broke her arms: they __ learn to
cook and look after their baby
sister.
had to – had to
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15. menu Past/Future 400
She ___ write the test
because she had a broken
arm but she __ answer more
questions in the oral exam.
didn’t have/need to – had to
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16. menu Past/Future 500
Why ___ you ___ stay at home
tomorrow night?
Actually I ____ because I got an
A in Physics and my dad told me I
could go out.
Will … have to – won’t have to
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17. menu Present 100
___ you play football in the
living room?
Sorry, I promise not to break
anything.
Must
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18. menu Present 200
- Why __ he always ___
work so hard?
- He ___ but you know he
is a workaholic.
does… have/need to –
needn’t/doesn’t have to/ doesn’t
need to
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19. menu Present 300
We are very lucky because we
___ wear a uniform but we ___
wear shorts at school
needn’t/don’t have to/don’t need to–
mustn’t
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20. menu Present 400
The boss says you __ go down
the chimney.
Oh, not again! It is always me
who ___ do the dirty job.
have to/need to – has/needs to
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21. menu Present 500
__ everyone __ do military
service in your country?
Oh, no. We are very lucky
because no-one ___
Does … have to/need to –
has/needs to
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22. menu Mixed 100
-Can we go out in the evening?
-No, you ___ but remember
that you ___take the dog for
a walk.
mustn’t/can’t – must/have to/
need to
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23. menu Mixed 200
Will I ____ wear goggles all the
time?
No, you ____ but you’ll __ use
them when you have a diving
lesson.
have/need to – won’t –
have/need to
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24. menu Mixed 300
You ___ shout in the classroom
and you ___ keep quiet in the
lessons. These are the most
important rules.
mustn’t - must
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25. menu Mixed 400
He often ___ speak French
in his job so he speaks it
fluently and ___ employ an
interpreter.
has /needs to – needn’t/doesn’t
have to/doesn’t need to
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26. menu Mixed 500
-Dad is asleep, and we ___
wake him up.
-But I ___ tell him he ___ call
his boss back in ten minutes. It
is urgent.
mustn’t – must/have to/need to
– has/needs to
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