This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modal Perfect Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. REPHRASING:I don't think it was a good idea for us to come here alone. A) We should not have come here alone. B) We mustn't have come here alone. C) We couldn't have come here alone. D) We might not have come here alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We should not have come here alone. 2. If you leave school too soon, you ..... not be able to find a good job. A) Ought to. B) Will. C) Must. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will. 3. I'll call him because he ..... got our message about tonight A) Could have. B) Shouldn't have. C) May not have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May not have. 4. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a modal perfect: A) They should have went to the concert. B) She can have been at the party. C) He might have saw the movie. D) You must have been tired after the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You must have been tired after the trip. 5. The car stopped suddenly on the high way. It ..... out of petrol. A) Should have run. B) Need have run. C) Must have run. D) May have run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May have run. 6. When do we use can't / couldn't? A) To make an assumption of a past event and to express the possibility that something was true. B) To indicate that we feel sure that something was not possible. C) To indicate that someone had the ability or possibility to do something in the past but did not do it and to express the possibility that something was true. D) O criticize something that has already happened or to regret that what was expected did not happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To indicate that we feel sure that something was not possible. 7. I think I ..... left it in the office. I can't find them here A) Would. B) Could have. C) Might have. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might have. 8. The aeroplane has disappeared ..... A) It may have crashed. B) It should have crashed. C) It must have crashed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It may have crashed. 9. It ..... not have been the best cake you ever made, but it was still pretty good. A) Can. B) Must. C) May. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 10. She texted while driving, she ..... an accident. A) Could have. B) Could has had. C) Could had. D) Could have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could have had. 11. It was bad, but it ..... have been worse! A) Could. B) Must. C) Ought to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 12. The figures must had been very important A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 13. I'm not sure where the boss went this morning. He ..... (go) to our other branch office in Glendale. A) May have gone. B) Should have gone. C) Would have gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May have gone. 14. They ..... the candles if you had told them. A) Brought. B) Will have brought. C) Would have brought. D) Have brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have brought. 15. He ..... badly to his mother. It made her so sad. A) Mustn't have behaved. B) Can't have behaved. C) Needn't have behaved. D) Shouldn't have behaved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouldn't have behaved. 16. I ..... said that. Now, because of that, she is angry with me. A) Would have. B) Should have. C) Must have. D) Shouldn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouldn't have. 17. I ..... bought bread, but i didn't know we needed it A) Could have. B) Can't have. C) Must have. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have. 18. We are not certain, but hundreds of people ..... as a result of a mysterious bacteria. A) Should have died. B) Must have died. C) May die. D) May have died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May have died. 19. Maybe your keys were in your pocket.Your keys ..... in your pocket. A) Must have been. B) Can't have gone. C) Could have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have been. 20. We have gone too far. We ..... the exit. A) Must have miss. B) Could have missed. C) Must have missed. D) Should have missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have missed. 21. You went to China? That ..... have been exciting! A) Will. B) Must. C) Should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 22. Pablo/ must/ buy/ a present A) Pablo must have bought a present. B) Pablo must have buy a present. C) Pablo must have baught a present. D) Pablo must have buyed a present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pablo must have bought a present. 23. He has been studying for more than 5 hours! He ..... tired. A) May have been. B) Could have been. C) May be. D) Must be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must be. 24. It was wrong of Tony to miss his daughter's piano concert.Tony ..... been at his daughter's piano concert. A) Must have. B) Should have. C) Could have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have. 25. This modal denotes past probability, something of which you are nearly certain A) Must have. B) May have. C) Might have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 26. What a great day! I ..... not have asked for more. A) May. B) Must. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 27. We have run out of petrol. You ..... before we left. A) Must have checked. B) Could have check. C) Should have checked. D) May have checked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have checked. 28. A giant asteroid hit the Earth in the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago. Scientists have reached a conclusion they're pretty confident about:that ..... (cause) the extinction of the big dinosaurs. A) May have caused. B) Should have caused. C) Must have caused. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have caused. 29. If I had gone to the sales I ..... bought that jacket. A) Wouldn't have. B) Can. C) Should have. D) Must have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wouldn't have. 30. In the sentence "You needn't have worried about the weather. It turned out to be a sunny day, " the modal perfect "needn't have worried" is used to: A) Talk about hypothetical situations in the past. B) Indicate a mistake or bad decision. C) Say that something happened but wasn't necessary. D) Speculate about a past event. 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