This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Continuous Modal Verbs – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Continuous Modal Verbs Quiz 2 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. It's noon. George went to bed at 10:00 last night. He ..... still be sleeping! There is no way. A) May. B) Can't. C) Can. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 3. ..... you have to work hard last year? A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 4. 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. 5. Chefs ..... follow recipes. A) Have to. B) Shouldn't. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to. 6. What tense can modals be used in when they stress the idea that something is in progress at present? A) Perfect tense. B) Continuous tense. C) Past tense. D) Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continuous tense. 7. The project ..... (complete) by the team. (Present perfect) A) Is being completed. B) Was completed. C) Has completed. D) Has been completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been completed. 8. The case ..... (investigate) by the police for days. (Present perfect continuous) A) Was being investigated. B) Has investigated. C) Has been investigated. D) Has been being investigated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been being investigated. 9. 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. 10. It's 3:00 a.m. right now, so my sister must ..... A) Was sleeping. B) Sleep. C) Sleeping. D) Be sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be sleeping. 11. 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. 12. The novel ..... (edit) for weeks before it was published. (Past perfect continuous) A) Was being edited. B) Had been edited. C) Had been being edited. D) Has been being edited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been being edited. 13. 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. 14. What can you do to learn English faster? A) I listen to English songs. B) I can listen to English songs. C) I listen can to English songs. D) I am listening to an English song now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can listen to English songs. 15. 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. 16. Choose the correct modal verb to complete the sentence:You look tired. You ..... take a nap and come back to work. A) Don't need to. B) Must. C) Should. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. 17. The contract ..... (sign) by the manager recently. (Present perfect) A) Signed. B) Has signed. C) Has been signed. D) Is signing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been signed. 18. The documents ..... (review) since Monday. (Present perfect continuous) A) Have been reviewing. B) Have been reviewed. C) Has been reviewed. D) Have been being reviewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been being reviewed. 19. The car ..... (repair) by a mechanic. (modal verbs) A) Could repair. B) Can repair. C) Should repair. D) Can be repaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can be repaired. 20. 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. 21. The correct past form of the following verbs are:Sleep, Fly, Buy, Read, Walk. A) Sleeped, Flied, buyed, Readt, Walked. B) Sleepped, Flown, baught, Readed, Walkt. C) Slept, Flew, Bought, Read, Walked. D) Slept, Flied, bought, Read, Walken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept, Flew, Bought, Read, Walked. 22. A new hospital ..... (build) in the town this year. (Present perfect) A) Has been built. B) Was built. C) Is built. D) Has built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been built. 23. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the modal verb:She ..... finish her homework today. Teacher is chekcing it by next Monday. A) Doesn't have to. B) Don't have to. C) Have to. D) Has to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't have to. 24. In the sentence 'They must have been sleeping.', what does 'must' indicate? A) Possibility. B) Certainty. C) Necessity. D) Impossibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Certainty. 25. It's 1 pm. My wife may ..... in her office now. A) Be working. B) Been sleeping. C) Be play. D) Been worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be working. 26. 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) Impossibility. B) Necessity. C) Possibility. D) Certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impossibility. 27. 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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