Modal Auxiliaries examples from 1996 to 2017 HSC Board Exam
M1996. 1. I have to work as hard as I can. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing Obligation)
Ans:I must work as hard as I can.
0.1996. 2. You should do what your teacher tells you to do. (Use modal showing obligation)
Ans: You must do what your teacher tells you to do.
M.1997. They need to be protected. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans:They must be protected.
0.1997. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.
(Rewrite using the appropriate form of modal auxiliary)
Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
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)
You should go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning.
0.1998. Be prepared always to pay the price. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing suggestion)
Ans: You should be prepared always to pay the price.
M.1999. 7. Dead plants and animals may lie rotting at the bottom.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary
showing certainty)
Ans:Dead plants and animals will lie rotting at the bottom.
0.1999. 8' An animal may alter surrounding. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing ability)
Ans -An animal can alter surrounding.
M.2000. 9. Your young brother is careless about his study.
(Frame a sentence using modal auxiliary giving him advice)
Ans- You should be careful about your study.
0.2000. 10. We can see certainly that they are not placed in other employments, (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans-We mud see certainly that they are not placed in other employments.
0.2001. 11. You have to study regularly to get success in the examination. (Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
Ans: You should study regularly to get success in the examination.
M.2002. 12. The time might come. (Replace modalaux.showing certainty)
Ans: The time will come.
0.2002. 13. The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest should not be overdone.
(Use modal aux.showing obligation)
Ans: The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest must not be overdone.
0.2003. 14. I will teach you this lesson next week.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Ans: I may teach you this lesson next week.
0.2003, 15. You may do just as you like. (Use mod. aux. showing obligation)
Ans: You must do just as you like.
M.2004. 16. One should insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: One must insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
M,2004. 17. You can understand it. (Use modal aux. showing obligation)
Ans: You must understand it.
0.2004. 18. People with intellectual interest will do well in occupation dealing with ideas, rul regulations, facts and figures. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Ans: People with intellectual interest may do well in occupation dealing with ideas, regulations, facts and figures.
M.2005. 19. You can halt at Uttarkashi. (Make less definite)
Ans: You may halt at Utterkashi.
0.2005. 20. We should protect and develop our forests. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligations)
Ans: We must protect and develop our forests.
0.2005. 21. They may again be free. (Make it more definite)
Ans: They Willagain be free.
M.2006. 22. Deficiencies can be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.
(Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Deficiencies be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.
M.2006. 23. Their interest may be literary. (Use m. aux. showing certainty)
Ans: Their interest be literary.
M.2006. 24. A skillful advertiser may be able to create a monopoly.
(Rewrite the sentence using a modal auxiliary can)
Ans- A skillful advertiser can create a monopoly
0.2006. 25, I must go to jail. (Make it less definite)
Ans: I may go to jail.
0.2006. 26. Do realise your rsponsibility as educated women.
(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: You must realise your responsibility as educated women.
M.2007. 27. Wind and sun may dry out thesurface(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Wind and sun will dry out the surface.
M.2007. 28. Young people should be considered for employments.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans- Young people will be considered for employments.
M.2007. 29. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary to make it obligatory)
Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
M.2008. 30. They should be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type.
(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: They must be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type .
M.2008. 31. The Taj will be washed clean with salt free water.
(Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: The Taj must be washed clean with salt free water.
0.2008. 32. We can make the necessary decisions to protect it.
(Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: We must make the necessary decisions to protect it.
M.2009. 33. We worry about 'junk food'. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: We must worry about junk food.
M.2009. 34. Culture and arts will be strongly supported. (Make it less definite)
Ans: Culture and arts might be strongly supported.
M.2009. 35. Don't be trapped by dogma. (Use modal showing advice)
Ans: You shouldn't be trapped by dogma.
M.2009. 36. It may intensity some of its woes. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: It will intensity some of its woes.
M.2010. 37. He may have laughed in the company of his friends.
(Use modal.auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: He will have laughed in the company of his friends.
M.2010. 38. Our teachers could grow enormously by learning from their students.
(Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
Ans: Our teachers should grow enormously by learning from their studens.
0.2010. 39. Irrigation may be the most obvious response to drought.
(Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Irrigation will be the most obvious response to drought.
M.2011. 40. That may sound totally global. (Use modal auxiliary showing 'certainty')
Ans: That will sound totally global.
M.2012. 41.Our society must weed this malaise out from the root. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Our society may weed this malaise out from the root..
0.2012. 42. We must be healthy in order to be happy.
(Replace the modal auxiliary without changing the meaning)
Ans- We ought to be healthy in order to be happy.
M. 2013. 43. She had to die in the end after all. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: She must die inthe end after all.
M. 2014. 44. You could pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
(Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion'.)
Ans: You must pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
M. 2014.45. We can accept our life gracefully.
(Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion.')
Ans: We must accept our life gracefully.
M.2014. 46. This practice does lead to certain oddities. (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'probability'.)
Ans: This practice may lead to certain oddities.
0.2014. 47. They should be updated frequently.
(Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: They must be updated frequently.
0.2014. 48. I have to sell the sacks.
(Rewrite it replacing the underlined part with the modal auxiliary showing'compulsion'.)
Ans: I must sell the sacks.
0.2014. 49. Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11.5 billion, (Make it 'less definite')
Ans: Moreover, human population may stabilize at about 11.5 billion.
M.2015, 50. My little girl can get tasty fruits from some other garden too! (Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary expressing certainty)
Ans: My little girl will get tasty fruits from some other garden too!
51. He had to stay after school .(use the modal auxiliary showing compulsion )
Ans-he must stay after school
Ans: 52. The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population. (Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary showing 'certainty'.)
Ans- The earth will withstand upto 200,000 times the current population.
53. "I will try." (Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary showing 'obligation')
I must try.
54. You can sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing 'obligation'.)
You must to sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
M1996. 1. I have to work as hard as I can. (Replace the modal auxiliary showing Obligation)
Ans:I must work as hard as I can.
0.1996. 2. You should do what your teacher tells you to do. (Use modal showing obligation)
Ans: You must do what your teacher tells you to do.
M.1997. They need to be protected. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans:They must be protected.
0.1997. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.
(Rewrite using the appropriate form of modal auxiliary)
Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
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)
You should go to bed early so that you are fresh in the morning.
0.1998. Be prepared always to pay the price. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing suggestion)
Ans: You should be prepared always to pay the price.
M.1999. 7. Dead plants and animals may lie rotting at the bottom.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary
showing certainty)
Ans:Dead plants and animals will lie rotting at the bottom.
0.1999. 8' An animal may alter surrounding. (Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing ability)
Ans -An animal can alter surrounding.
M.2000. 9. Your young brother is careless about his study.
(Frame a sentence using modal auxiliary giving him advice)
Ans- You should be careful about your study.
0.2000. 10. We can see certainly that they are not placed in other employments, (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans-We mud see certainly that they are not placed in other employments.
0.2001. 11. You have to study regularly to get success in the examination. (Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
Ans: You should study regularly to get success in the examination.
M.2002. 12. The time might come. (Replace modalaux.showing certainty)
Ans: The time will come.
0.2002. 13. The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest should not be overdone.
(Use modal aux.showing obligation)
Ans: The labelling of human beings in terms of their interest must not be overdone.
0.2003. 14. I will teach you this lesson next week.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Ans: I may teach you this lesson next week.
0.2003, 15. You may do just as you like. (Use mod. aux. showing obligation)
Ans: You must do just as you like.
M.2004. 16. One should insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: One must insist on whole meal flour and whole meal bread.
M,2004. 17. You can understand it. (Use modal aux. showing obligation)
Ans: You must understand it.
0.2004. 18. People with intellectual interest will do well in occupation dealing with ideas, rul regulations, facts and figures. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Ans: People with intellectual interest may do well in occupation dealing with ideas, regulations, facts and figures.
M.2005. 19. You can halt at Uttarkashi. (Make less definite)
Ans: You may halt at Utterkashi.
0.2005. 20. We should protect and develop our forests. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligations)
Ans: We must protect and develop our forests.
0.2005. 21. They may again be free. (Make it more definite)
Ans: They Willagain be free.
M.2006. 22. Deficiencies can be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.
(Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Deficiencies be corrected when all the nutrients are supplied.
M.2006. 23. Their interest may be literary. (Use m. aux. showing certainty)
Ans: Their interest be literary.
M.2006. 24. A skillful advertiser may be able to create a monopoly.
(Rewrite the sentence using a modal auxiliary can)
Ans- A skillful advertiser can create a monopoly
0.2006. 25, I must go to jail. (Make it less definite)
Ans: I may go to jail.
0.2006. 26. Do realise your rsponsibility as educated women.
(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: You must realise your responsibility as educated women.
M.2007. 27. Wind and sun may dry out thesurface(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Wind and sun will dry out the surface.
M.2007. 28. Young people should be considered for employments.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans- Young people will be considered for employments.
M.2007. 29. The remaining journey has to be undertaken on foot.
(Rewrite using modal auxiliary to make it obligatory)
Ans: The remaining journey must be undertaken on foot.
M.2008. 30. They should be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type.
(Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: They must be marked out from their youth for the employment of an active type .
M.2008. 31. The Taj will be washed clean with salt free water.
(Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: The Taj must be washed clean with salt free water.
0.2008. 32. We can make the necessary decisions to protect it.
(Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: We must make the necessary decisions to protect it.
M.2009. 33. We worry about 'junk food'. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: We must worry about junk food.
M.2009. 34. Culture and arts will be strongly supported. (Make it less definite)
Ans: Culture and arts might be strongly supported.
M.2009. 35. Don't be trapped by dogma. (Use modal showing advice)
Ans: You shouldn't be trapped by dogma.
M.2009. 36. It may intensity some of its woes. (Rewrite using Modal Auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: It will intensity some of its woes.
M.2010. 37. He may have laughed in the company of his friends.
(Use modal.auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: He will have laughed in the company of his friends.
M.2010. 38. Our teachers could grow enormously by learning from their students.
(Use modal auxiliary showing advice)
Ans: Our teachers should grow enormously by learning from their studens.
0.2010. 39. Irrigation may be the most obvious response to drought.
(Use modal auxiliary showing certainty)
Ans: Irrigation will be the most obvious response to drought.
M.2011. 40. That may sound totally global. (Use modal auxiliary showing 'certainty')
Ans: That will sound totally global.
M.2012. 41.Our society must weed this malaise out from the root. (Use modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Our society may weed this malaise out from the root..
0.2012. 42. We must be healthy in order to be happy.
(Replace the modal auxiliary without changing the meaning)
Ans- We ought to be healthy in order to be happy.
M. 2013. 43. She had to die in the end after all. (Use modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans: She must die inthe end after all.
M. 2014. 44. You could pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
(Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion'.)
Ans: You must pay eight times the going rate for a 'lightning call'.
M. 2014.45. We can accept our life gracefully.
(Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing 'Compulsion.')
Ans: We must accept our life gracefully.
M.2014. 46. This practice does lead to certain oddities. (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing 'probability'.)
Ans: This practice may lead to certain oddities.
0.2014. 47. They should be updated frequently.
(Rewrite it using the modal auxiliary showing compulsion)
Ans: They must be updated frequently.
0.2014. 48. I have to sell the sacks.
(Rewrite it replacing the underlined part with the modal auxiliary showing'compulsion'.)
Ans: I must sell the sacks.
0.2014. 49. Moreover, human population will stabilize at about 11.5 billion, (Make it 'less definite')
Ans: Moreover, human population may stabilize at about 11.5 billion.
M.2015, 50. My little girl can get tasty fruits from some other garden too! (Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary expressing certainty)
Ans: My little girl will get tasty fruits from some other garden too!
51. He had to stay after school .(use the modal auxiliary showing compulsion )
Ans-he must stay after school
Ans: 52. The earth could withstand upto 200,000 times the current population. (Rewrite the sentence using the modal auxiliary showing 'certainty'.)
Ans- The earth will withstand upto 200,000 times the current population.
53. "I will try." (Rewrite the sentence using another modal auxiliary showing 'obligation')
I must try.
54. You can sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
(Replace the modal auxiliary by another showing 'obligation'.)
You must to sell waste to the raddi-wallah and give him a small token of appreciation.
