M.1996. 1. I have to work as hard as I can. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing obligation)
0.1996. 2. You should do what your teacher tells you to do. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
M.1997. 3. They need to be protected. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
O.1997. 4. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot. (Rewrite using the appropriate form of modal auxiliary)
M.1998. 5. You can go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning. (Change the modal auxiliary to make it a piece of advice)
O.1998. 6. Be prepared always to pay the price. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing suggestion)
M.1999. 7. Dead plants and animals may lie rotting at the bottom. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
O.1999. 8. An animal may alter surrounding. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing ability)
M.2000. 9. Your young brother is careless about his study. (Frame a sentence using modal auxiliary giving him advice)
O.2000. 10. We can see certainly that they are not placed in other employments. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
O.2001. 11. You have to study regularly to get success in the examination. (Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
M.2002. 12. The time might come. (Replace modal aux.showing certainty)
O.2002. 13. The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest should not be overdone. (Use modal aux.showing obligation)
O.2003. 14. I will teach you this lesson next week.(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
O.2003. 15. You may do just as you like.(Use mod. aux. showing A obligation)
M.2004.16. One should insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
M.2004. 17. You can understand it. (Use modal aux. showing obligation)
O.2004. 18. People with intellectual interest will do well in occupation dealing with ideas, rules, regulations, facts and figures.(Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
M.2005. 19. You can halt at Uttarkashi. (Make less definite)
O.2005. 20. We should protect and develop our forests.(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
O.2005. 21. They may again be free. (Make it more definite)
M.2006. 22. Deficiencies can be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied. (Use modal
Mudaliar Coaching Classes 1. Modal Auxiliaries Question Papers auxiliary showing certainty)
M.2006. 23. Their interest may be literary. (Use m. aux. showing certainty)
M.2006. 24. A skillful advertiser may be able to create a monopoly.(Rewrite the sentence using a modal auxiliary ‘can’)
O.2006. 25. I must go to jail. (Make it less definite)
O.2006. 26. Do realise your responsibility as educated women.(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
M.2007. 27. Wind and sun may dry out the surface. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
M.2007. 28. Young people should be considered for employments. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
M.2007. 29. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.(Rewrite using modal auxiliary to make it obligatory)
M.2008. 30. They should be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type. (Use M.A. showing obligation)
M.2008. 31. The Taj will be washed clean with salt free water. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing obligation)
O.2008. 32. We can make the necessary decisions to protect it. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
M.2009. 33. We worry about ‘junk food’. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
M.2009. 34. Culture and arts will be strongly supported.(Make it less definite)
M.2009. 35. Don’t be trapped by dogma. (Use M.A. showing advice)
M.2009. 36. It may intensity some of its woes. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing certainty)
M.2010. 37. He may have laughed in the company of his friends. (Use modal auxiliaryshowing certainty)
M.2010. 38. Our teachers could grow enormously by learning from their students. (Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
O.2010 39. Irrigation may be the most obvious response to drought. (Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
M.2011 40. That may sound totally global. (Use modal auxiliary showing ‘certainty)
M.2012. 41.Our society must weed this malaise out from the root. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
O.2012. 42. We must be healthy in order to be happy. (Replace the modal auxiliary without changing the meaning)
M. 2013.43. She had to die in the end after all. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Mudaliar Coaching Classes 1. Modal Auxiliaries Question Papers
M. 2014.44. You could pay eight times the going rate for a ‘lightning call’. (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing ‘Compulsion’.)
M. 2014.45.We can accept our life gracefully. (Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing ‘Compulsion.’)
M.2014.46. This practice does lead to certain oddities. (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing ‘probability’.)

M.1996. 1. Ans: I must work as hard as I can.
0.1996. 2. Ans: You must do what your teacher tells you to do.
M.1997. 3. Ans: They must be protected.
O.1997. 4. Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
M.1998. 5. Ans: You should go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning.
O.1998. 6. Ans: You should be prepared always to pay the price.
M.1999. 7. Ans: Dead plants and animals will lie rotting at the bottom.
O.1999. 8. Ans:An animal can alter surrounding.
M.2000. 9. Ans: You should be careful about your study.
O.2000. 10. Ans: We must see certainly that they are not placed in other employments.
O.2001. 11. Ans: You should study regularly to get success in the examination.
M.2002. 12. Ans: The time will come.
O.2002. 13. Ans: The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest must not be overdone.
O.2003. 14. Ans: I may teach you this lesson next week.
O.2003. 15. Ans: You must do just as you like.
M.2004.16. Ans: One must insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
M.2004. 17. Ans: You must understand it.
O.2004. 18. Ans: People with intellectual interest may do well in occupation dealing with
ideas, rules, regulations, facts and figures.
M.2005. 19. Ans: You may halt at Utterkashi.
O.2005. 20. Ans: We must protect and develop our forests.
O.2005. 21. Ans: They will again be free.
M.2006. 22. Ans: Deficiencies will be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.
M.2006. 23. Ans: Their interest will be literary.
M.2006. 24. Ans: A skillful advertiser can create a monopoly.
O.2006. 25. Ans: I may go to jail.
O.2006. 26. Ans: You must realise your responsibility as educated women.
M.2007. 27. Ans: Wind and sun will dry out the surface.
M.2007. 28. Ans: Young people will be considered for employments.
M.2007. 29. Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
M.2008. 30. Ans: They must be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type.
M.2008. 31. Ans: The Taj must be washed clean with salt free water.
O.2008. 32. Ans: We must make the necessary decisions to protect it.
M.2009. 33. Ans: We must worry about junk food.
M.2009. 34. Ans: Culture and arts might be strongly supported.
M.2009. 35. Ans: You shouldn’t be trapped by dogma.
M.2009. 36. Ans: It will intensity some of its woes.
M.2010. 37. Ans: He will have laughed in the company of his friends.
M.2010. 38. Ans: Our teachers should grow enormously by learning from their students.
O.2010 39. Ans: Irrigation will be the most obvious response to drought.
M.2011 40. Ans: That will sound totally global.
M.2012. 41. Ans: Our society may weed this malaise out from the root.
O.2012. 42. Ans: We ought to be healthy in order to be happy.
M. 2013.43. Ans: She must die in the end after all.
M. 2014.44. Ans. You must pay eight times the going rate for a ‘lightning calls’.
M. 2014.45. Ans. We must accept our life gracefully.
M.2014.46. Ans. This practice may lead to certain oddities.

1. Modal Auxiliaries TEXTUAL SENTENCES
1. I had nursed the vague illusion that I might write. (Use Modal auxiliary showing ability)
2. It needs to preserve and protect its heritage. (Use Modal auxiliary showing obligation)
3. Villagers need to follow strict rules.(Use Modal auxiliary showing obligation)
4. A bullock might become available after others have done their sowing. (What does the underlined word denote)
5. Start a waste segregation system in your building, school or neighbourhood.(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
6. The very process of becoming a somebody may subtly reduce you to a nobody. (Use modal auxiliary to make the statement certain)
7. You should be able to see yourself as merely an agent of a superior power. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
8. Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy. (What is the underlined word called ? What does it indicate)
9. I would go after him. (use another modal auxiliary to show habitual action in the past)
10. He used to linger on the coconut tree. (what does the underlined word indicate?)
11. A city must provide equity. (use modal auxiliary showing ability)
12. But that should be updated frequently. (use modal auxiliary showing ‘obligation’)
13. Any deficiency in these will lead to poor quality cities. (Make it less certain)
14. This should include the best people from various areas. (use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
15. More areas need to be addressed. (use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
16. People will use public transport rather than cars. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary to make it a possibility)
17. The exact cause of the incident can be confirmed only after an inquiry. (Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
18. Police personnel must be trained. (Use modal auxiliary showing ability)
19. The story of Hiware Bazaar will repeat in these 38 villages. (use modal auxiliary to make it possibility)
20. The villages had to show dedication in the struggle to fight mediocrity. (use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
21. They had to follow all the conditions of becoming an Adarshgaon. (Replace modal auxiliary by another showing compulsion)

1. Modal Auxiliaries TEXTUAL SENTENCES
1. Ans. I had nursed the vague illusion that I can write.
2. Ans. It must preserve and protect its heritage.
3. Ans. Villagers must follow strict rules.
4. Ans. Underlined word ‘might’ denotes possibility.
5. Ans. You must start a waste segregation system in your building, school or neighbourhood.
6. Ans. The very process of becoming a somebody will subtly reduce you to a nobody.
7. Ans. You must be able to see yourself as merely an agent of a superior power.
8. Ans. The underlined word is called modal auxiliary. It indicates habitual action in the past.
9. Ans. I used to go after him.
10. Ans. The underlined word ‘used to’ is a modal auxiliary. It indicates habitual action in the past.
11. Ans. A city can provide equity.
12. Ans. But that must be updated frequently.
13. Ans. Any deficiency in these may lead to poor quality cities.
14. Ans. This must include the best people from various areas.
15. Ans. More areas must be addressed.
16. Ans. People may use public transport rather than cars.
17. Ans. The exact cause of the incident will be confirmed only after an inquiry.
18. Ans. Police personnel can be trained.
19. Ans. The story of Hiware Bazaar may repeat in these 38 villages.
20. Ans. The villages must show dedication in the struggle to fight mediocrity.
21. Ans. They must follow all the conditions of becoming an Adarshgaon.

Modal Auxiliaries NON TEXTUAL SENTENCES
1. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. (Use Modal auxiliary showing obligation)
2. Child will fearlessly try before giving up. (Make it less certain)
3. Equity and equality will be created. (Use Modal auxiliary showing obligation)
4. It may intensify some of its woes. (Make the statement certain)
5. Our society must weed this malaise out from the root. (Use Modal auxiliary showing necessity)

Modal Auxiliaries NON TEXTUAL SENTENCES
1. Ans. You must trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
2. Ans. Child may fearlessly try before giving up.
3. Ans. Equity and equality must be created.
4. Ans. It will intensify some of its woes.
5. Ans. Our society needs to weed this malaise out from the root.

2.Use of Would or Used To Question Papers
O.1998 1. Forest, jungles and wetlands evoked the admiration of the world. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
M.2007 2. He would get up before dawn. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
O.2008 3. We would try to gauge father’s mood from the movements of his eyes. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘used to’)
M.2009 4. My mother would set up an establishment. (Use ‘used to’)
O.2009 5. This man used to scrape up barely fifty rupees a month. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘would’)
O.2012 6. I would spend hours under it. (use ‘used to’)
M. 2013 7. My father used to get transferred every year. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘would)
O. 2013 8. He would be on the horns of a dilemma. (use ‘used to’)
O. 2013 9. I would walk seven miles across town every Sunday night. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
M.2014.10. I enjoyed so many theatre performances. (Rewrite using ‘used to’.)

Use of Would or Used To Question Papers
O.1998 1. Ans: Forest jungles and wetlands used to evoke the admiration of the world.
M.2007 2. Ans: He used to get up before dawn.
O.2008 3. Ans: We used to try to gauge father’s mood from the movements. of his eyes.
M.2009 4. Ans: My mother used to set up an establishment.
O.2009 5. Ans: This man would scrape up barely fifty rupees a month.
O.2012 6. Ans: I used to spend hours under it.
M. 2013 7. Ans: My father would get transferred every year.
O. 2013 8. Ans: He used to be on the horns of a dilemma.
O. 2013 9. Ans: I used to walk seven miles across town every Sunday night.
M.2014.10. Ans. I used to enjoy so many theatre performances.

Use of Would or Used To TEXTUALSENTENCES
1. He used to linger on the coconut trees in our compound. (Rewrite using ‘Would’)
2. Mr. Shanbhag would materialise magically at one’s elbow. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
3. I would invite children’s ideas and scripts for it. (Use ‘Used to’)
4. When an idea struck me in the middle of the night, I would get up. (Use ‘used to’)
5.When praised by people, Rahim would shrink back in discomfort. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
6. Agricultural activities would start anew. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
7. My father would send me to our field. (use ‘used to’)
8. The sound used to captivate me. (Rewrite using would)
9. We used to beg for a living. (Rewrite using ‘would’)
10. He would pay the fine decided by them. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)

Use of Would or Used To TEXTUALSENTENCES
1. Ans: He would linger on the coconut trees in our compound.
2. Ans: Mr. Shanbhag used to materialise magically at one’s elbow.
3. Ans: I used to invite children’s ideas and scripts for it.
4. Ans. When an idea struck me in the middle of the night I used to get up.
5. Ans: When praised by people, Rahim used to shrink back in discomfort.
6. Ans: Agricultural activities used to start anew.
7. Ans: My father used to send me to our field.
8. Ans: The sound would captivate me.
9. Ans: We would beg for a living.
10. Ans: He used to pay the fine decided by them.

1. I would spend hours under it. (What does the underlined word denote).
2. Every morning, we would try to gauge father’s mood from the movements of his eyes or
the few words he spoke.(Rewrite using ‘used to’)
3. We would breathe and move around a bit freely. (Rewrite using ‘used to’)
4. He would soar through the trees. (Use ‘used to’)
5. Each year, a small group of enthusiasts would arrive at St. Vincent place at 6 a.m. (What
does the underlined word denote)
6.This man used to scrape up barely fifty rupees a month by doing odd jobs. (Use ‘would’).
7. He would give a reply. (Use ‘used to’)
8. I would day dream about catching a spy. (Use ‘used to’)
9. He would replay them and dictate summaries into a second machine.
10. He would badger people with questions.
11. I would go in villages,when I was in Nagaland.
12. They used to take his innovices on trust.
13. He used to avoid taking sugar in tea.
14. He would like to read regularly.
15. My grandfather would get up early in the morning.
16. He used to get up early in the morning.
17. Raju would work on the construction sites.
18. I would land up near the university’s water tank which served the community. (Rewrite
using ‘used to’).
19. I would spend hours under it. (Rewrite using ‘used to’).

1. Ans: The underlined word is a modal auxiliary. It denotes habitual action in the past.
2. Ans: Every morning we used to try to gauge father’s mood from the movements of his eyes or the few words he spoke.
3. Ans: We used to breathe and move around a bit freely.
4. Ans: He used to soar through the trees.
5. Ans: The underlined word is a modal auxiliary. It denotes habitual action in the past.
6. Ans: This man would scrape up barely fifty rupees a month by doing odd jobs.
7. Ans: He used to give a reply.
8. Ans: I used to day dream about catching a spy.
9. Ans: He used to replay them and dictate summaries into a second machine.
10. Ans: He used to badger people with questions.
11. Ans: I used to go in villages,when I was in Nagaland.
12. Ans: They would take his innovices on trust.
13. Ans: He would avoid taking sugar in tea.
14. Ans: He used to like to read regularly.
15. Ans: My grandfather used to get up early in the morning.
16. Ans: He would get up early in the morning.
17. Ans: Raju used to work on the construction sites.
18. Ans: I used to land up near the university’s water tank which served the community
19. Ans: I used to spend hours under it.