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1. 1.

   Choose and write the correct primary auxiliaries given in brackets.

   1. ______________ you want to go out? (have/ do)
   2. I ______________ not in favour of leaving now. (is / am)
   3. Jacky ______________ just gone to the tailors. (have / has)
   4. The Browns ______________ celebrating tonight. (are / was)
   5. We ______________ wish you had told us earlier. (do / was)
   6. Linda runs faster than he ______________. (does/do)
   7. You ______________ to go to the lawyers at once. (was / are)
   8. The boys ______________ finished saying their prayers. (has / have)
   9. We ______________ no option but to drop our plans for the vacation. (had / am)
   10. This palace ______________ centuries old. (are / is)
2. 2.

   Use suitable modal auxiliaries with the help of clues given in bracket.

   1. ______________ you please carry this box up the stairs ? (request)
   2. ______________ I come in, please? ______________ I leave now? (permission)
   3. ______________ God bless you abundantly. (wish)
   4. I ______________ speak English. Why, I ______________ speak Tamil too! (ability)
   5. It ______________ be a sunny day. (weak possibility)
   6. You ______________ get a new guitar. (future promise)
   7. He ______________ first pray then only will he eat. (habit)
   8. ______________ you break this log of wood into two? (ability)
   9. Which shirt ______________ I buy? (seeking advice)
   10. I feel you ______________ buy the red and purple one. (giving advice)
3. 3.

   Use may or may not to complete sentences.

   1. Kamal is studying extremely hard. She ______________ stand first in class.
   2. Mita ______________ be able to make it to the station. She is very late.
   3. ______________ God grant you peace of mind and good health.
   4. I am afraid I ______________ be able to meet you today.
   5. ______________ I be excused from the dining table, please?
4. 4.

   Use shall, should, will and would in these blanks.

   1. We ______________ go and meet them soon.
   2. You ______________ give up smoking.
   3. ______________ it be possible for you to phone me?
   4. I ______________ take you all to America next year.
   5. ______________ I go and return this disgusting shirt?
   6. Yes, I think you ______________!
   7. ______________ I help you to carry your pile of books, Ma'am?
   8. ______________ you be kind enough to carry my bag, please?
5. 5.

   Fill in the blanks using correct modals along with the main verb given in brackets.

   1. You ______________ the railway station well in time. (reach)
   2. We parents ______________ more time with our children. (spend)
   3. You ______________ the pen. I don't need it now. (take)
   4. You ______________ in the class. (noise)
   5. I ______________ to your house in the evening, but I'm not sure. (come)
6. 6.

   Consult the dictionary and find out the meanings of these phrases:

   pride and joy; deep and wide; hurt or harm; all praise for; family and friends; be a sport; open and shut

   Find the difference between:

   1. secret and secrete-exited and excited-
   2. buried and borrowed-
   3. accuse and accustom
   4. caustic and drastic
   5. overcome and overall

   Use these words in sentences of your own.