Materi Modal Auxiliary Verb

Modal auxiliary verb merupakan kata yang diletakkan sebelum main verb untuk memodifikasi makna dari verb tersebut. Kata ini untuk mengekspresikan willingness (kemauan), ability (kemampuan), necessity (kebutuhan), atau possibility (kemungkinan). Modal auxiliary verb antara lain: can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, dan must.

9 Contoh Soal Modal Auxiliary Verb

Pilihlah auxiliary verb yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat di bawah ini.

1. You … throw litter from your vehicle because it can pose a risk to the environment.

   1. mustn’t
   2. won’t

2. … you please check my paper for grammar errors?

   1. can
   2. may

3. If I ask a question about your past, … you answer it?

   1. would
   2. will

4. You … pay your credit card bill immediately.

   1. would
   2. should

5. She … do more than two tasks at one time yesterday.

   1. could
   2. can

6. Had the applicant sent his resume before the deadline, he … worked here.

   1. might
   2. might have

7. Vira has very smooth skin. She … apply olive oil to her face before going to bed.

   1. may
   2. should

8. … you mind checking out my website?

   1. could
   2. would

9. … I resend my resume?

   1. would
   2. shall

Jawaban

1. You … throw litter from your vehicle because it can pose a risk to the environment.

   1. mustn’t (Must dipadukan dengan not untuk menyatakan prohibition (larangan).)
   2. won’t

2. … you please check my paper for grammar errors?

   1. can (Polite request: Can/Could/Will/Would + you (please) + bare infinitive … ? May pada polite request tidak digunakan dengan subjek “you”.)
   2. may

3. If I ask a question about your past, … you answer it?

   1. would
   2. will (conditional sentence type 1)

4. You … pay your credit card bill immediately.

   1. would
   2. should (Should digunakan untuk memberi suggestion (saran) atau advice (nasehat).)

5. She … do more than two tasks at one time yesterday.

   1. could (Could digunakan untuk menyatakan ability (kemampuan) di masa lampau.)
   2. can

6. Had the applicant sent his resume before the deadline, he … worked here.

   1. might
   2. might have (conditional sentence type 3 (inverted))

7. Vira has very smooth skin. She … apply olive oil to her face before going to bed.

   1. may (May digunakan untuk menyatakan possibility (kemungkinan) di masa sekarang dan depan.)
   2. should

8. … you mind checking out my website?

   1. could
   2. would (Polite request: Would + you mind + gerund … ?)

9. … I resend my resume?

   1. would
   2. shall (Shall [US English] digunakan untuk polite question untuk first person (I atau we).)

Materi Modal Auxiliary Verb

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• Soal Causative Verb
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• Soal Passive Voice
• Soal Reported Speech
• Soal Verb Phrase

References:

1. Use of Modal Auxiliaries. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/modal_quiz.htm. Accessed on November 29, 2013.
2. Helping and Modal Auxiliary Verbs. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm. Accessed on October 10, 2012.
3. Ability, Permission, Requests and Advice. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/modal-verbs/ability-permission-requests-and-advice. Accessed on October 10, 2012.
4. Helping Verb. http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/helpverbterm.htm. Accessed on October 10, 2012.