This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modal Perfect Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. They ..... the candles if you had told them. A) Brought. B) Will have brought. C) Have brought. D) Would have brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have brought. 5. He ..... badly to his mother. It made her so sad. A) Shouldn't have behaved. B) Needn't have behaved. C) Mustn't have behaved. D) Can't have behaved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shouldn't have behaved. 6. I ..... said that. Now, because of that, she is angry with me. A) Should have. B) Must have. C) Shouldn't have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't have. 7. I ..... bought bread, but i didn't know we needed it A) Could. B) Can't have. C) Must have. D) Could have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could have. 8. 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 have died. D) May die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May have died. 9. 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. 10. We have gone too far. We ..... the exit. A) Should have missed. B) Must have miss. C) Must have missed. D) Could have missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have missed. 11. 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. 12. Pablo/ must/ buy/ a present A) Pablo must have buyed a present. B) Pablo must have baught a present. C) Pablo must have buy a present. D) Pablo must have bought a present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pablo must have bought a present. 13. He has been studying for more than 5 hours! He ..... tired. A) May be. B) Could have been. C) Must be. D) May have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must be. 14. 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. 15. This modal denotes past probability, something of which you are nearly certain A) May have. B) Might have. C) Would have. D) Must have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have. 16. 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. 17. We have run out of petrol. You ..... before we left. A) Could have check. B) Should have checked. C) Must have checked. D) May have checked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have checked. 18. 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. 19. If I had gone to the sales I ..... bought that jacket. A) Should have. B) Must have. C) Can. D) Wouldn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wouldn't have. 20. 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) Speculate about a past event. B) Indicate a mistake or bad decision. C) Talk about hypothetical situations in the past. D) Say that something happened but wasn't necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Say that something happened but wasn't necessary. 21. Choose the correct option:Paula told me that she wasn't feeling well, so she may not/ might have gone to the meeting. A) May not. B) Might. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May not. 22. What is the function of the modal perfect "could have come" in the sentence "His interest in foreign languages could have come from his grandmother who was an expert in European literature" ? A) Speculating about a past event. B) Indicating a mistake or bad decision. C) Talking about hypothetical situations in the past. D) Saying that something happened but wasn't necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speculating about a past event. 23. Choose the correct past participle tense of the following verbs:teach/ think/ buy A) Taught/ thought/ bought. B) Tought/ thought/ bought. C) Teached/ thinked/ buyed. D) Taught/ thought/ bougth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught/ thought/ bought. 24. She ..... been a lawyer but she decided to study accountancy instead. A) Could have. B) May have. C) Should have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have. 25. We ..... have stayed home. That movie was terrible! A) Would. B) Must. C) Should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModal Perfect Tense Quiz 1Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 2Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 3Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 4Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 6Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 7Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 8Modal Perfect Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books