Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

1. If you don’t want to accept this job, you …………….

a) needn’t
b) don’t have to
c) Either could be used here

2. You needn’t ……………. any longer.

a) wait
b) to wait

3. You don’t need ………………. any longer.

a) wait
b) to wait
c) Either could be used here

4. I …………….. go if I were you.

a) won’t
b) wouldn’t
c) wouldn’t have

5. She had better …………….. her ways.

a) mend
b) to mend
c) mended

6. You’d better ……………….. him up.

a) not wake

b) not to wake

7. The show started ……………..

a) in time
b) on time

8. He ……………. me a story.

a) told
b) said
c) spoke

9. She told me …………….

a) leave
b) to leave

10. He made her ……………

a) cry
b) to cry

Answers

1. If you don’t want to accept this job, you don’t have to /needn’t.

2. You needn’t wait any longer.

3. You don’t need to wait any longer.

4. I wouldn’t go if I were you.

5. She had better mend her ways.

6. You’d better not wake him up.

7. The show started on time. (When something starts on time, it starts at the planned time – neither early nor late)

8. He told me a story.

9. She told me to leave.

10. He made her cry.