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Exercise on Modal Verbs and their Substitutes

Choose the correct substitute for each modal verb.

  1. We ought to win the race. → We win the race.
  2. I can swim. → I swim.
  3. You must meet my best friend. → You meet my best friend.
  4. He should be in bed by now. → He be in bed by now.
  5. I must get up early. → I get up early.
  6. They may stay up late. → They stay up late.
  7. She needs to see the doctor. → She see the doctor.
  8. We need not walk. → We walk.
  9. You must not sleep → You sleep.
  10. Should I go to the cinema with them? → go to the cinema with them?