Question 1
The image and wind data match perfectly. “That dark plume _____ be ash from this morning’s eruption,” the lead volcanologist concludes confidently.
Options: should, will, would
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Choose the form whose modal meaning matches the evidence, time frame, and speaker attitude. Distinguish confident inference, characteristic behaviour, willingness or refusal, past habit, diplomatic or hypothetical distance, and the two advanced uses of should.
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Question 2
The recovered crate _____ be the missing air-quality monitor; its serial number belongs to a different project, which rules that identification out.
Options: wouldn’t, shouldn’t, won’t
Question 3
Whenever journalists challenge his figures, the agency director _____ change the subject and lecture them about methodology—it is infuriating.
Options: would, should, will
Question 4
I love Nia’s little post-release routine: without fail, she _____ check every rescued turtle twice before waving it off.
Options: will, would, should
Question 5
Despite a legal deadline and three written requests, the corporation _____ release its emissions data; management keeps rejecting every request.
Options: shouldn’t, won’t, wouldn’t
Question 6
During last year’s inquiry, the witness was legally required and fully able to answer, but still _____ identify who had approved the illegal dumping.
Options: won’t, shouldn’t, wouldn’t
Question 7
The field station is offline because its backup generator _____ start, no matter how many times the technicians reset it.
Options: wouldn’t, won’t, shouldn’t
Question 8
When Arun worked on the island reserve, he _____ record the tide level at dawn every Monday before checking the nesting sites.
Options: shall, will, would
Question 9
For most of the 1990s, the marsh _____ be a privately owned saltworks rather than a protected reserve.
Options: would, used to, will
Question 10
At the tense ministerial meeting, the mediator deliberately softens her proposal: “I _____ suggest that we examine the disputed figures before assigning blame.”
Options: shall, would, will
Question 11
Asked to imagine her response to a coastal scheme that does not yet exist, the engineer says, “I _____ never approve a barrier without an ecological review.”
Options: will, shall, would
Question 12
Barring any new data errors, the project manager presents noon as the expected—not guaranteed—time: “The corrected estimate _____ be ready by then.”
Options: will, should, would
Question 13
In a formal statement of surprise, the delegates say, “It is extraordinary that a treaty intended to protect wetlands _____ permit this exemption.”
Options: shall, will, should
Practise Environmental & Global Issues with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 13 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.
Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Environmental & Global Issues in everyday English.
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