This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Continuous Modal Verbs – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Continuous Modal Verbs Quiz 1 (57 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where ..... (buy) this TV? A) Did you bought. B) Did you buy. C) Were you buying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you buy. 2. The road ..... (repair) for days before the rains came. (Past perfect continuous) A) Had been repairing. B) Has been repaired. C) Was being repaired. D) Had been being repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been being repaired. 3. The building ..... (finish) by next month. (Future perfect) A) Will have been finished. B) Will have finished. C) Will be finished. D) Will have finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have been finished. 4. The meeting ..... (cancel) if everyone agrees. (modal verbs) A) Could cancel. B) Should cancel. C) May be canceled. D) May cancel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May be canceled. 5. When we ..... (come) to the concert the music started. A) Were coming. B) Came. C) Come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 6. They ..... (drive) very fast when the car hit a tree. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving. 7. Hw cut his finger while he ..... (cook) dinner. A) Were cooking. B) Cooked. C) Was cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 8. By the time she arrived, the presentation ..... (complete). (Past perfect) A) Has been completed. B) Was completed. C) Had been completed. D) Had completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been completed. 9. What is the form of continuous modals? A) The verb + be + the modal ending in-ing. B) The modal + be + verb ending in-ing. C) The modal + ing + be + the verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The modal + be + verb ending in-ing. 10. Why should you learn English? A) I should learn English because it can help me to meet new people. B) She should learns English because it can help her to meet new people. C) I learn English because it help me to meet new people. D) They should learn English because they can help them to meet new people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I should learn English because it can help me to meet new people. 11. She ..... talk right now, she's driving. A) Should. B) Can't. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 12. The letter ..... (deliver) before the holiday started. (Past perfect) A) Is delivered. B) Was delivered. C) Had been delivered. D) Has delivered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been delivered. 13. Person A:What's all that noise?Person B:The neighbour's son is in a rock band ..... A) They must practice. B) They can't be practicing. C) They could be practiced. D) They must be practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They must be practicing. 14. Which type of verbs are not used in the continuous form? A) Intransitive verbs. B) Non-action verbs. C) Transitive verbs. D) Action verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-action verbs. 15. What do you look like? A) I am honest. B) I like apples. C) I am tall and slender. D) I am like apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am tall and slender. 16. The project ..... (complete) before the deadline. (Future perfect) A) Has been completed. B) Will have been completed. C) Will have completed. D) Will be completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have been completed. 17. The rules ..... (follow) by everyone. (modal verbs) A) Must be followed. B) Could follow. C) Should following. D) Might be follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must be followed. 18. By the time you arrive, the meal ..... (prepare). (Future perfect) A) Has been prepared. B) Is prepared. C) Will have been prepared. D) Will be prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been prepared. 19. Which novel was he ..... (write) when he died so suddenly? A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 20. All the tickets ..... (sell) before we reached the counter. (Past perfect) A) Had been sold. B) Was sold. C) Were sold. D) Had sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been sold. 21. They aren't here yet and it's getting late. They ..... A) Must come. B) Couldn't be coming. C) Mightn't be coming. D) Might not be coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might not be coming. 22. Which verb type can be used in the continuous form? A) Verbs of ownership. B) Verbs of the senses. C) Action verbs. D) Verbs that convey feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action verbs. 23. The painting ..... (sell) before the auction ended. (Past perfect) A) Had been sold. B) Had sold. C) Has been sold. D) Was sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been sold. 24. Choose the right verb form to complete the sentence:Mariana ..... (jump) over the fence and ..... (escape) from home last night. A) Jumping-escaping. B) Jumps-escapes. C) Jumpt-escaped. D) Jumped-escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jumped-escaped. 25. I ..... take penicillin. I'm allergic. A) Should. B) Can't. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 26. It ..... raining in Japan right now. A) Must rain. B) Could. C) Have to. D) Might be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might be. 27. Use past simple and past continuous to complete the sentences:My mom ..... (drink) a cup of tea at 7:00 o'clock when my sister ..... (come) home. A) Was dranking-camed. B) Were drinking-comed. C) Was drinking-came. D) Drank-was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking-came. 28. Several reports ..... (submit) already this morning. (Present perfect) A) Have been submitted. B) Were submitted. C) Have submitted. D) Are submitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been submitted. 29. The assignment ..... (finish) just in time. (Present perfect) A) Was finished. B) Has finished. C) Has been finished. D) Is being finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been finished. 30. In the sentence 'It might be raining in Japan right now.', what does the modal 'might' indicate? A) Possibility. B) Certainty. C) Necessity. D) Impossibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Possibility. 31. What do modals of possibility or probability help us do? A) Make definite statements. B) Make guesses or draw logical conclusions. C) Express commands. D) Describe past events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make guesses or draw logical conclusions. 32. It's noon. George went to bed at 10:00 last night. He ..... still be sleeping! There is no way. A) Can. B) Must. C) Can't. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't. 33. ..... you have to work hard last year? A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 34. If today were Saturday, I ..... in my garden now. A) Can't be playing. B) Must be sleeping. C) Could be working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could be working. 35. Chefs ..... follow recipes. A) Have to. B) Shouldn't. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to. 36. What tense can modals be used in when they stress the idea that something is in progress at present? A) Past tense. B) Future tense. C) Perfect tense. D) Continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continuous tense. 37. The project ..... (complete) by the team. (Present perfect) A) Has been completed. B) Was completed. C) Is being completed. D) Has completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been completed. 38. The case ..... (investigate) by the police for days. (Present perfect continuous) A) Has investigated. B) Was being investigated. C) Has been investigated. D) Has been being investigated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been being investigated. 39. What ..... (do) yesterday at 10 pm? A) Was you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Do you do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 40. It's 3:00 a.m. right now, so my sister must ..... A) Sleeping. B) Be sleeping. C) Sleep. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be sleeping. 41. While I ..... (wait) for the bus it suddenly started to rain. A) Wait. B) Waiting. C) Was waiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was waiting. 42. The novel ..... (edit) for weeks before it was published. (Past perfect continuous) A) Had been edited. B) Has been being edited. C) Was being edited. D) Had been being edited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been being edited. 43. I feel sick.-You ..... go to school today. A) Shouldn't. B) Should. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shouldn't. 44. What can you do to learn English faster? A) I can listen to English songs. B) I am listening to an English song now. C) I listen to English songs. D) I listen can to English songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can listen to English songs. 45. The documents ..... (submit) tomorrow. (modal verbs) A) Can be submitted. B) Should be submitted. C) Might be submitted. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. Choose the correct modal verb to complete the sentence:You look tired. You ..... take a nap and come back to work. A) Should. B) Don't need to. C) Can. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 47. The contract ..... (sign) by the manager recently. (Present perfect) A) Has been signed. B) Signed. C) Has signed. D) Is signing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been signed. 48. The documents ..... (review) since Monday. (Present perfect continuous) A) Have been reviewed. B) Have been reviewing. C) Have been being reviewed. D) Has been reviewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been being reviewed. 49. The car ..... (repair) by a mechanic. (modal verbs) A) Should repair. B) Can repair. C) Could repair. D) Can be repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can be repaired. 50. Modal verb CAN is used to express: A) Prohibition, obligation, advice. B) Ability, Possiblility, permission. C) Lack of aoligation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ability, Possiblility, permission. 51. The correct past form of the following verbs are:Sleep, Fly, Buy, Read, Walk. A) Slept, Flied, bought, Read, Walken. B) Sleepped, Flown, baught, Readed, Walkt. C) Slept, Flew, Bought, Read, Walked. D) Sleeped, Flied, buyed, Readt, Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept, Flew, Bought, Read, Walked. 52. A new hospital ..... (build) in the town this year. (Present perfect) A) Has been built. B) Has built. C) Was built. D) Is built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been built. 53. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the modal verb:She ..... finish her homework today. Teacher is chekcing it by next Monday. A) Has to. B) Have to. C) Doesn't have to. D) Don't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't have to. 54. In the sentence 'They must have been sleeping.', what does 'must' indicate? A) Necessity. B) Impossibility. C) Possibility. D) Certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Certainty. 55. It's 1 pm. My wife may ..... in her office now. A) Be play. B) Been sleeping. C) Been worked. D) Be working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be working. 56. In the sentence 'It's noon. George went to bed at 10:00 last night. He can't still be sleeping!', what does 'can't' indicate? A) Necessity. B) Impossibility. C) Certainty. D) Possibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impossibility. 57. Which modal is used in questions regarding the possibility or probability of actions taking place? A) Might. B) Must. C) Could. D) None of the above. 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