CAE Open Cloze
Modal/Auxiliary Verbs
Complete each of the following sentences by supplying the correct word. There are EIGHT questions in all.
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1) The plan has .......... found to have several weaknesses.
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2) We .......... have been living here for 3 years by the summer.
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3) I really .......... like going out at weekends. It's so nice to forget about work.
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4) My grandfather .......... always take me for a ride in his taxi when he visited.
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5) When I got home I realised I .......... left my keys at work.
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6) I think you .......... to get your hair cut if you're looking for a new job.
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7) To .......... taken three times a day before meals.
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8) You .......... have known he'd be late. He never turns up on time for anything.
Over to you
Look out for the various ways in which an auxiliary or modal verb might be the missing word. For example:
- in a passive construction
- in an incomplete tense construction
- in questions
- where possibility, obligation or permission is being expressed