Free · Class 5–9 · 3 worksheets · answer keys · practise online · set 18
Modals worksheets — modal verbs exercises with answers
Free modals worksheets and modal verbs exercises with answers: fill in can, could, may, might, must, should, would, need, ought to; name the use; and rewrite sentences with modals — Class 5 to 9.
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Modals are helping verbs used with a main verb in its base form: She can swim. You must go.
can — ability; could — past ability, polite request; may — permission, possibility; might — less likely possibility.
must — necessity, strong duty (must not — prohibition); should / ought to — advice, duty; would — polite request; shall — suggestion (with I / we); need not — no necessity.
can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, ought to, need, dare and used to (the last few are semi-modals).
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Yes — print them or save as PDF free. Every worksheet has an answer key.
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Press “🔄 New set” — the questions change (maths numbers are new every time; English sentences are shuffled).
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Can my child do this worksheet online, like a quiz?
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