This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Past Modal Verbs – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Modal Verbs Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Laura ..... (work) the night shift on weekends. A) Work. B) Is working. C) Are working. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Works. 2. I ..... withdraw more cash when the ATM was working. A) Shouldn't have. B) Might have. C) Should have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have. 3. Maha was not her yesterday, she ..... under the weather and stayed home. A) May have be. B) May have being. C) May have been. D) May have to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May have been. 4. The news report said that Daisy was the only victim. I think she ..... off when the fire broke out. A) May have slept. B) Must have slept. C) Can't have slept. D) Might have slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have slept. 5. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the modal verb: "He ..... been at the meeting yesterday." A) Must to. B) Must have. C) Must have to. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have. 6. How do we form a NEGATIVE PAST MODAL sentence? A) MUST + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. B) COULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. C) MAY/MIGHT + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. D) MAY/MIGHT + NOT + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MAY/MIGHT + NOT + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. 7. What is the negative form of 'may have'? A) Might not have. B) Could not have. C) Should not have. D) Must not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might not have. 8. Which sentence uses past modal "must" correctly? A) He must have forgotten about the meeting. B) He must had been forgetting about the meeting. C) He must has forgotten about the meeting. D) He must have forget about the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He must have forgotten about the meeting. 9. A:Why is Jorge crying?B:He ..... (get) low grade in the exam. A) Must have get. B) Must gotten. C) Must get. D) Must have gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have gotten. 10. 1) That ..... be an optical illusion. I see two different images! A) Can't. B) Must. C) Mustn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 11. Which past modal verb is used to express capability in the past? A) Must have. B) Should have. C) Might have. D) Could have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could have. 12. Students ..... bring a calculator to the math exam. A) Should. B) May. C) Could. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 13. How did she fail that exam? She ..... very much. A) Shouldn't have studied. B) Didn't have studied. C) Might not have studied. D) Can't have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't have studied. 14. I didn't want to be late, but I ..... any earlier. There was a terrible traffic jam! A) Might not have arrived. B) May have arrived. C) Couldn't have arrived. D) Can't have arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't have arrived. 15. Henry's car stopped on the highway. It ..... out of gas. A) May run. B) May have run. C) Should have run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have run. 16. They ..... that luxurious bungalow because both of them are unemployed. A) Won't have bought. B) May have bought. C) Should have bought. D) Can't have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't have bought. 17. The concert tickets were sold out. What was possible? A) We must have bought the tickets earlier. B) We should have bought the tickets earlier. C) We could have bought the tickets earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We could have bought the tickets earlier. 18. A:Jim isn't here yet. Did he call you?B:No, but he ..... his bus. He sometimes does. A) Couldn't have missed. B) Might have missed. C) Must have missed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have missed. 19. George missed class today. He ..... an accident. A) Might have had. B) Might had had. C) Couldn't have had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might have had. 20. Which of the following sentences indicates a past suggestion that was ignored? A) He must have known the answer. B) He might have done better with more practice. C) He should have studied harder for the exam. D) He could have passed if he had tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He should have studied harder for the exam. 21. "They ..... taken the wrong bus. That's why they're late." A) Should have. B) Can't have. C) Must have. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might have. 22. Choose the correct answer.The room actually turned out to be empty, so we ..... have knocked. A) Needn't. B) Couldn't. C) Mustn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Needn't. 23. They ..... missed the train. They're already here A) Should have. B) Must have. C) Can't have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't have. 24. If Sarah ..... (known) about the delay, she ..... (arrive) earlier. A) Had known / could arrive. B) Had known / might have arrived. C) Knew / would arrive. D) Knows / could have arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had known / might have arrived. 25. When I was a kid, I ..... tree fearlessly. A) Could climbed. B) Could climb. C) Could have climb. D) Can't have climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could climb. 26. What is the correct form? "She ..... forgotten her book at home." A) Must. B) Have must. C) Must have. D) Musted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have. 27. Which is the best word for the sentence?Eating is not allowed in the classroom!You ..... eat in here! A) Must not. B) Don't have to. C) Want to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must not. 28. Susan did very well on the exam. She ..... very hard. A) Could have studied. B) Might have studied. C) Must have studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have studied. 29. Obligations:Which modal verb expresses an obligation imposed by the speaker? A) Have to. B) Must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 30. Complete: "I ..... an umbrella. The news announced it wasn't going to rain." A) Don't need to take. B) Needn't take. C) Needn't have taken. D) Didn't need to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't need to. 31. No one exactly knew how the convict had escaped, but we think he ..... the jailer. A) May have bribed. B) Will have bribed. C) Must have bribed. D) Should have bribed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May have bribed. 32. Which sentence uses "should have" correctly? A) You should have tell me about the meeting. B) You should telling me about the meeting. C) You should have told me about the meeting. D) You should tell me about the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You should have told me about the meeting. 33. If you dropped your smart phone from top here, it ..... to pieces. A) Would shatter. B) Shatter. C) Has shatter. D) Will shatter. E) Would have shattered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would shatter. 34. They ..... (avoid) the traffic jam if they ..... (taken) the other route. A) Would avoid / would take. B) Avoided / took. C) Could avoid / had took. D) Avoid / might have taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could avoid / had took. 35. The weather was perfect, but they stayed indoors all day. What was not necessary? A) They didn't need to go outside. B) They should have gone outside. C) They must have gone outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They didn't need to go outside. 36. You ..... attend the training session if you want to improve your skills. A) Can. B) May. C) Will. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 37. If you ..... (asked) for help, someone ..... (assist) you. A) Had asked / could have assisted. B) Ask / might assist. C) Asks / will assist. D) Asked / would assist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked / would assist. 38. I was allowed to sing A) Ich wollte singen. B) Ich musste singen. C) Ich durfte singen. D) Ich konnte singen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ich durfte singen. 39. Where is my phone??? The teacher ..... it and put it in the box A) Might have took. B) Might have taken. C) Must have take. D) Must have took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have taken. 40. I was waiting for you for half an hour. You ..... to say you weren't coming. A) Can have called. B) Could have called. C) Would have called. D) Must have called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have called. 41. The kids (must be) napping. A) Might be napping. B) Must have napped. C) Must napped. D) Must have been napping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have been napping. 42. If he ..... (listened) to his doctor's advice, he ..... (feel) better now. A) Listened / might feel. B) Had listened / could feel. C) Listens / could have felt. D) Listens / would feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had listened / could feel. 43. They ..... worry about the test results as they had studied well. A) Had to. B) Couldn't. C) Could. D) Didn't have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't have to. 44. PART 2:Past Modal Verbs-Deduction. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). The phone was dead all day. She ..... received your message. A) Can't have. B) Shouldn't have. C) Must have. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't have. 45. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the modal verb: "He ..... done it." A) Could not. B) Could not have to. C) Could not to. D) Could not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could not have. 46. Which past modal verb is used to criticize past actions? A) Should have. B) Could have. C) Might have. D) Must have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should have. 47. Sharon was supposed to be here at nine o'clock. She ..... about our meeting. A) Must forget. B) Must have forgotten. C) Couldn't have forgotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have forgotten. 48. When did they ..... come? A) Didn't have to. B) Didn't had. C) Have to. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have to. 49. A:Where is Marcos?B:He ..... (arrive) in a few minutes. There was an accident on the road. A) Might have arrived. B) Might arrive. C) Must have arrive. D) Must arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might arrive. 50. Choose the correct answer.'I saw you at the railway station last week.' 'Oh yes, that ..... have been on Monday, then.' A) Will. B) Should. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 51. 1) I can't find my cell phone. I ..... left it at work. A) Must have. B) Should have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 52. I won't lend you any money, ..... you promise to pay me back next week. A) Providing. B) Unless. C) Whether. D) Provided. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unless. 53. Fatima screamed in the class, Afra ..... her A) May have hitting. B) May have hit. C) May have hits. D) May have to hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have hit. 54. Which is used to talk about something that DIDN'T happen in the past? A) Should have. B) Must have. C) Could have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could have. 55. She ..... to finish her project before the deadline. A) Didn't have to. B) Could. C) Couldn't. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to. 56. The doctor said the test results ..... indicate a potential health issue. A) May. B) Must. C) Should. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 57. Each day, our math teacher ..... (try) to explain the material clearly but I am very confused. A) Is trying. B) Try. C) Are trying. D) Tries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tries. 58. I sent you a postcard, but you ..... received it yet. A) May have. B) Should have. C) Might not have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might not have. 59. Translate:I would have taken some preacutions A) Yo deberia haber tomado mas precacuciones. B) Yo hubiera haber tomado mas precauciones. C) Yo puedo tomar mas precauciones. D) Yo no debo tomar precauciones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yo hubiera haber tomado mas precauciones. 60. My sister ..... by wild tigers, she is at the hospital. A) Are attacked. B) Is attacked. C) Was attack. D) Was attacked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was attacked. Next →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Modal Verbs Quiz 2Past Modal Verbs Quiz 3Past Modal Verbs Quiz 4Past Modal Verbs Quiz 5Past Modal Verbs Quiz 6Past Modal Verbs Quiz 7Can And Could QuizContinuous Modal Verbs Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books