Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A: How are we going to pay all these bills?
B: Cheer up! We _______ the
lottery tomorrow night! You never know.
a. | must win | c. | will win | b. | may win | d. | should win |
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A: Hi, I'm your waitress. Are you ready to order?
B: Yes. I'll have
an apple pancake, with applesauce on the side, and a glass of apple juice.
A: Boy, you _______
apples!
a. | may really love | c. | might really love | b. | could really love | d. | must really
love |
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A: I wonder what's wrong? I waved to Lucy over there, but she didn't
wave back.
B: I'm sure nothing is wrong. She _______ you.
a. | wouldn't see | c. | shouldn't have seen | b. | must not have
seen | d. | maybe didn't
see |
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A: I'm thinking of coloring my hair green.
B: Oh come on! You _______
serious!
a. | can't be | c. | might not be | b. | mustn't be | d. | shouldn't
be |
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A: Where's Bill? Didn't you leave him a message to meet us?
B: I
did, but he _______ to his messages. Or he may have heard the message but was too busy to
come.
a. | must have listened | c. | must not have listened | b. | shouldn't have
listened | d. | may have
listened |
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A: Let me help you move that table.
B: Thanks, but I _______ it. It's
not heavy.
a. | should manage | c. | could manage | b. | can manage | d. | may manage |
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A: Where were you? Jack waited at the airport for an hour, and you never showed
up.
He had to take a taxi home.
B: _______ him up? I thought you were
picking him up.
a. | Wouldn't you rather pick | c. | Should I pick | b. | Can someone else
pick | d. | Was I supposed to
pick |
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A: Charles is absent again today. I wonder where he is?
B: There is a flu
going around. He _______ sick.
a. | should be | c. | can't be | b. | might be | d. | will be |
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A: I'd rather be fishing by the side of a river right now than _______ here
at work.
B: Me too! In fact, I'd rather be doing anything else!
a. | to sit | c. | be sit | b. | sitting | d. | I'm
sitting |
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A: Hmmm. I wonder why Joanne isn't answering her phone at this hour.
B:
She _______ a shower. Call her again in ten minutes.
a. | could take | c. | may be taken | b. | can be taking | d. | should be
taking |
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