An auxiliary verb is a helping verb. Auxiliary verbs are placed before main verbs to form the tenses, voices and moods. Test your knowledge of auxiliary verbs with this quiz.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs.

1.    He ——————- succeed if he works hard.

a)    Will
b)    Would
c)    must
d)    aught

2.    ———————– you lend me your pen?

a)    Will
b)    Shall
c)    Need
d)    Must

3.    ———————- you be kind enough to send me a copy of your grammar book?

a)    Shall
b)    Will
c)    Need
d)    Must

4.    On receipt of this letter you ——————- leave for Tokyo.

a)    Will
b)    Shall
c)    Would
d)    Need

5.    He ran hard lest he ——————— miss the train.

a)    Should
b)    Would
c)    Could
d)    Might

6.    We ———————– love and respect our parents and teachers.

a)    Would
b)    Should
c)    Could
d)    Ought

7.    She —————— read when she was four.

a)    Could
b)    Would
c)    Can
d)    May

8.    You ——————– told us that you weren’t coming.

a)    Will have
b)    Can have
c)    Could have
d)    Would have

9.    We ——————– not hurry, we have got plenty of time.

a)    Need
b)    Must
c)    Dare
d)    Ought

10.    I ——————— visit my parents every Sunday; now I visit them twice a month.

a)    Must
b)    Ought to
c)    Used to
d)    Need

11.    We —————– hurry up, we are already late.

a)    Ought
b)    Must
c)    Need
d)    Used to

12.    Candidates ——————– not write their names on the answer-sheets.

a)    Must
b)    Used to
c)    Need
d)    Ought

13.    Students ——————– to obey their teachers.

a)    Ought
b)    Must
c)    Need
d)    Used

14.    He does not ———————- to go against the wishes of this father.

a)    Dare
b)    Need
c)    Ought
d)    Must

15.    I ———————- arrived in time, if I had not lost my way.

a)    Would have
b)    Will have
c)    Would
d)    Could

Answers

1.    Will
2.    Will
3.    Will
4.    Shall
5.    Should
6.    Should
7.    Could
8.    Could have
9.    Need
10.    Used to
11.    Must
12.    Must
13.    Ought
14.    Dare
15.    Would have