Grade 10 (NAT REVIEW)
A. Choose the right modal verb
1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You ______buy any. (mustn’t, needn’t, may
not, should not)
2. It's a hospital. You ______smoke.(mustn’t, needn’t, may not, don’t have to)
3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He ______ be tired after such hard work.
He _________ prefer to get some rest. (must, need, had better, mustn’t), (may, should,
must, had better)
4. I _________ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after
we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost
everything I knew as a child. Now, I _________ just say a few things in the language.
(could, might, can, must) , ( may, can, must, need)
5. The teacher said we ________ read this book for our own pleasure as it is optional. But
we _____ read it if we don't want to. (can, needn’t, must, should) , (could, need,
needn’t, mustn’t)
6.
_______ you stand on your head for more than a minute? No, I _______. (may, need,
must, can) , (may not, need not, needn’t, can’t)
7. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you _______ to work hard. (could, need,
needn’t, mustn’t)
8. Take an umbrella. It _______ rain later. (need, should, mustn’t might)
9. You _________ leave small objects lying around. Such objects ________ be swallowed
by children. ( shouldn’t, need, needn’t, may not) , ( must need, may, mustn’t)
10. People _________ walk on grass. (couldn’t, needn’t, mustn’t, may not)
11. Drivers __________ stop when the traffic lights are red. (could, must, may)
12. ______ I ask a question? Yes, of course. ( may, must, should, will)
13. You _____ take your umbrella. It is not raining. (couldn’t, needn’t, mustn’t, may not)
14. _____you speak Italian? No, I _______. ( can, need, should, may) , (shouldn’t, mustn’t,
may not, can’t)
B.
Choose the right preposition of time:
1. What are you doing ______Saturday? (at, in, on)
2. I am going to the countryside ________ the weekend. (at, in, on)
3. I haven't been to the countryside _________ December. (for, since, on)
4. What time are you leaving?
I am leaving ______ the afternoon. May be ______three o'clock pm.I am coming back
_________Sunday evening. (at, in, on) I'll catch the half _______ (to, past) seven train
______ (on, at, in) Sunday. I'll be here _________ (by, at, in) nine o'clock. So you'll be
there ___________ the whole weekend. I'll be missing you! (for, by, at)
B.1.
Choose the right preposition of place:
1. ______the picture, I can see a family _______ a kitchen.(at, in, on), (at, in, on)
2. There is a dish full of fruits ________ the worktop. (at, in, on)
3. The mother is standing __________her son and daughter. (behind, in front of, across)
4. The son and the daughter are sitting _______ the worktop smiling _______each other.
(at, in, on) , (at, in, on)
5. There are beautiful cupbords ________ the wall. (at, in, into, on)
6. The woman is looking ___________ her daughter. (at, on, to)