This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modals Of Speculation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modals Of Speculation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did she marry him? A) She must have fallen inlove. B) She might have been sick. C) She can't have loved him anymore. D) She might have needed the money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She must have fallen inlove. 2. What time ..... it be? The sun has already set. A) Had to. B) Must. C) Should have. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must. 3. She isn't answering the phone. She ..... gone out. A) Must have. B) Might. C) Can't. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 4. "Where's my wallet? It's not here." - "You ..... it, or maybe it's at home." A) Could have lost. B) Must have lost. C) Couldn't have lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have lost. 5. It ..... many years to build the pyramid. The Mayan didn't have heavy machinery. A) Might have taken. B) Must have taken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have taken. 6. Jennifer told her mother that she liked her haircut, but she had a strange expression on her face when she said it. A) She must tell a white lie. B) She may have told the truth. C) She may have told a white lie. D) She can't have told a lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She may have told a white lie. 7. What are scientists certain about the significance of Stonehenge? A) That it must have had a supernatural meaning. B) That it may have had a folkloric meaning. C) That it might have had an economic meaning. D) That it could have had a social meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That it must have had a supernatural meaning. 8. Answer the question:Do you know where Carlos is? A) I don't know, he could cooking in the kitchen. B) I don't know, he must cooking in the kitchen. C) I don't know, he may be cooking in the kitchen. D) I don't know, he might be cook in the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I don't know, he may be cooking in the kitchen. 9. Your phone is missing-you ..... left it in the taxi. A) Must have. B) Might. C) Can't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 10. Which modal is most appropriate to express a strong deduction about a past event? A) Might have. B) Must have. C) Could have. D) May have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have. 11. You (a) be hungry, you haven't eaten anything since last night! A) A. must. B) Mustn't. C) Might. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. must. 12. She ..... be at home; her lights are off and her car isn't there. A) Must. B) Could. C) Can't. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't. 13. The bird is gone, it ..... away. A) Must have flown. B) Must have fly. C) Must have flew. D) Must have flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have flown. 14. Use a modal to make a deduction in the following sentence:'The lights are off, so they ..... be at home.' A) Can. B) Shall. C) Must. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 15. It ..... be as easy as you think. A) Couldn't. B) May not. C) Mustn't. D) Not might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May not. 16. Why did she get an A+ on the test? A) She can't have studied hard enough. B) She can't have seen you. C) She might have been sick. D) She must have done lots of work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She must have done lots of work. 17. Which sentence uses a modal verb correctly? (a) She can sings beautifully. (b) He may come to the meeting. (c) They is going to the store. A) She can sing beautifully. B) (b) He may come to the meeting. C) They are going to the store. D) He might comes to the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (b) He may come to the meeting. 18. He ..... be serious! That idea is terrible. A) Must. B) Might. C) Can't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't. 19. My brother ..... your money because he was with me all day. A) Might have stolen. B) Might steal. C) Can't have stolen. D) Must have stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't have stolen. 20. It ..... hot this time last year in Bangkok . A) Could be. B) Might be. C) Must have be. D) Might have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might have been. 21. Is the sentence correct in "present now" ?:He must sleeping A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. "I'm not sure of that, but I think my favourite band ..... to my country next year! I can't wait!" A) Might be coming. B) Might be come. C) Might coming. D) Might have been come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might be coming. 23. Oh, the phone is ringing. Answer it. It ..... be Kate. She always rings at this time. A) Must. B) Could. C) Can't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 24. Identify the modal verb in the sentence:You could have told me earlier. A) Might. B) Would. C) Could. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 25. JIMMY DIDN'T COME TO CLASS YESTERDAY. HE IS NEVER ABSENT. A) HE MUST HAVE HAD AN EMERGENCY. B) HE MUST HAVE AN EMERGENCY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE MUST HAVE HAD AN EMERGENCY. Next →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModals Of Speculation Quiz 2Modals Of Speculation Quiz 3Modals Of Speculation Quiz 4Modals Of Speculation Quiz 5Modals Of Speculation Quiz 6Modals Of Speculation Quiz 7Modals Of Speculation Quiz 8Modals Of Speculation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books