EnglishGrammar: Modal

Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the appropriate modals given…

Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the appropriate modals given in List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) If Ankit lived nearer the stadium, he ______ go to every match.	(I) can’t
(B) The principal insisted that every student ______ wear the school badge.	(II) should
(C) This ______ be Kiran’s handwriting. He writes only in capital letters.	(III) would
(D) Rahul’s shoes are covered in mud. He ______ walked through the wet fields.	(IV) must have

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) If Ankit lived nearer the stadium, he would go to every match.	(III) would	Would shows an imagined result. “If Ankit lived” is not true now, so the result takes “would”.
(B) The principal insisted that every student should wear the school badge.	(II) should	Should comes after “insisted that”. It shows what someone firmly asked for.
(C) This can’t be Kiran’s handwriting. He writes only in capital letters.	(I) can’t	Can’t shows that the speaker is sure something is not true. Kiran writes only in capitals, and this note is not in capitals.
(D) Rahul’s shoes are covered in mud. He must have walked through the wet fields.	(IV) must have	Must have + past participle (V3) shows a confident guess about the past. The muddy shoes are the clue.