This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Modals Of Speculation – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modals Of Speculation Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You ..... your credit card in the casino, you used it to pay for dinner later. A) Can't have left. B) Might not leave. C) May have left. D) Mustn't have lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't have left. 2. Which sentence expresses the speaker is almost 100% certain about the situation? A) They must be there now. B) They may be there now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They must be there now. 3. Something else came up tonight, so I'd like to postpone. A) Element of truth. B) Absolute truth. C) White lie. D) Streched the truth. E) Total lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Element of truth. 4. We are running out of coronas and we still have 30 more guests on the way. We ..... bought enough beer for the party. A) Shouldn't have. B) Must not have. C) Ought not have. D) May not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May not have. 5. He ..... known about the surprise; he looked completely shocked. A) Can't. B) Might. C) Can't have. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't have. 6. Choose the correct option.What, you forgot your ticket and passport? You ..... be serious! A) Can't. B) Might. C) Can. D) Might not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 7. Chris??? like Jane or he would have invited her to the party. A) Must. B) Can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 8. Use a modal to make a past deduction in the following sentence:'The train arrived late, so it ..... have been a signal problem.' A) Must have. B) Should have. C) Could have. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 9. It ..... be a ghost! They don't exist A) Must. B) Can't. C) May. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't. 10. My sister ..... those comments on my website, but I'm not sure. A) Must have posted. B) Might have posted. C) Couldn't have posted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have posted. 11. Choose the correct form (infinitive with or without to).I watched him ..... the building A) Left. B) Leaves. C) Leave. D) To leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 12. Use a modal verb to express possibility:It ..... rain tomorrow. A) Might. B) Will. C) Could. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 13. Identify the modal of speculation in the following sentence:'They may have already left for the airport.' A) May have. B) Will have. C) Might have. D) Could have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May have. 14. Must, Could, Couldn't + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE are used to A) GUESS OR SPECULATE ABOUT THE PAST. B) SPECULATE ABOUT THE PAST WHEN YOU ARE ALMOST SURE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GUESS OR SPECULATE ABOUT THE PAST. 15. THE MODALS TO SPECULATE ABOUT THE PRESENT ARE ..... A) MUST, COULD, COULDN'T. B) MIGHT, MAY, MAY NOT, CAN'T, MUST, MUST NOT, COULDN'T, COULD, CAN'T. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MIGHT, MAY, MAY NOT, CAN'T, MUST, MUST NOT, COULDN'T, COULD, CAN'T. 16. Fill in the blank with a modal verb:He ..... be at home right now. A) Must. B) Could. C) Should. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might. 17. It means that it will probably happen or is expected to happen A) It's likely that just in a few years, we will change our economic model. B) It's unlikely that the police had anything to do with it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's likely that just in a few years, we will change our economic model. 18. Use a modal to make a deduction in the following sentence:'The door is locked, so she ..... be inside.' A) Can. B) Shall. C) Must. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 19. The sign is missing, they ..... it. A) May have removes. B) May have removing. C) May have remove. D) May have removed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May have removed. 20. "Look! That's Ariana Grande over there!" "It ..... her! She's a little bit shorter than that woman! Look a bit closer!" A) Cannot be. B) Might have been. C) Might be. D) Couldn't being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannot be. 21. We agreed to meet yesterday, but when I got there I didn't see him. It's possible he was waiting elsewhere.We agreed to meet yesterday but when I got there I didn't see him. He ..... waiting elsewhere. A) Must have been. B) Can't be. C) Might have been. D) May have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might have been. 22. If we don't leave now, we (a) well miss rhe flight. A) A. may. B) Must. C) Mayn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. may. 23. Must have means: A) Something possibly happened. B) Something was a good idea (but didn't happen). C) We are sure about something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We are sure about something. 24. The concert ..... start soon; people are gathering outside the venue. A) Have to. B) May. C) Must. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 25. It ..... last night. The ground is so wet. A) Might not have rained. B) Must have rained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have rained. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesModals Of Speculation Quiz 1Modals 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books