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In both English and German, modal verbs are used to express necessity or possibility. In
English, these verbs are "must," "should," "shall," "will," etc. In German, these verbs are
"können," "mögen," "dürfen," "müssen," "sollen," and "wollen."
In this exercise, you will practice conjugating these common German modal verbs in the
present tense. You will be given several sentences with blank spaces, and you will also be
provided with their corresponding modal verbs. You must conjugate each modal verb
correctly in order to fit the rest of the sentence.
Exercises
Example: Das Auto ist in der Werkstatt. Du musst heute zur Arbeit laufen. [müssen / laufen]
1.) Ich für morgen meine Hausaufgaben . [müssen + machen]
4.) Ich mich bei Ihnen melden. Was Sie? [sollen / wollen]
9.) Sie (formal) etwas trinken? ich Ihnen etwas bringen? [möchten /
dürfen]
11.) Sie mir helfen? Das Projekt bis morgen fertig sein. [können /
sollen]