This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Past Modal Verbs – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Modal Verbs Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "You ..... studied more for the exam. Now it's too late." A) Must have. B) Might have. C) Should have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have. 2. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the modal verb: "She ..... swim when she was five." A) Could. B) Could to. C) Could have. D) Could be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 3. She ..... had an accident A) Must have. B) Must to have. C) Must has. D) Must having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 4. He ..... (catch) the train if he ..... (left) home earlier. A) Catched / might leave. B) Could catch / had left. C) Catches / would leave. D) Might catch / leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could catch / had left. 5. Where do you think Juan is today? I have no idea. He ..... A) May have slept. B) Should have slept. C) Couldn't have slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May have slept. 6. He ..... helped you, but he chose not to. A) Could have. B) Should have. C) Must have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have. 7. She ..... have lost her keys at the park; let's go and check. A) Can't. B) Must. C) Might. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 8. You ..... out last night. I called several times but nobody answered the phone. A) Must be. B) Must have been. C) Could have been. D) Should have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have been. 9. What's the structure of present continuous (wh-question)? A) Question word + verb to be + subject + v.ing?. B) Question word + do/does + subject + v.1?. C) Question word + verb to be + noun/pronoun?. D) Question word + verb to be + v.1?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question word + verb to be + subject + v.ing?. 10. Choose the correct answer.I'm really worried about Andy. He ..... have arrived by now. A) May. B) Should. C) Can. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 11. The thief ..... a key. The door was locked and nothing was broken. A) Should have had. B) Might have had. C) Must have had. D) Could have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have had. 12. Marcos did some pictures for his classmates. A) Some pictures were drawn for Marcos for his classmates. B) Some pictures were drew by Marcos for his classmates. C) Some pictures were drawn by Marcos for his classmates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some pictures were drawn by Marcos for his classmates. 13. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the modal verb: "They ..... find the keys yesterday." A) Could not to. B) Could not. C) Could not have. D) Could not be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could not. 14. 1) I'm not sure. I ..... not be able to make it to the party tomorrow. A) Must. B) Can't. C) Might. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 15. To talk about a past obligation that wasn't fulfilled, we use: A) Must have. B) Should have. C) Could have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have. 16. It ..... a lot last night-there are puddles everywhere. A) Should have rained. B) Must have rained. C) Couldn't have rained. D) Might not have rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have rained. 17. What's the structure of present simple (affirmative)? A) Subject + verb to be + v.ing. B) Subject + do/does not + v.1. C) Subject + V.1 (-s/-es). D) Subject + verb to be + not + v.ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + V.1 (-s/-es). 18. "She ..... taken the wrong bus." (It's possible but uncertain) A) Should have. B) Must have. C) Might have. D) Could have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might have. 19. It ..... shorter; it's so long! A) May have been. B) Might have been. C) Should have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have been. 20. PART 2:Past Modal Verbs-Deduction. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). She didn't recognize him at all. She ..... met him before. A) Must have. B) Can't have. C) Shouldn't have. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't have. 21. Robert arrived without his books. He ..... it. A) Should have lost. B) Could have lost. C) Mustn't have lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have lost. 22. What is the structure for expressing a past possibility with 'may'? A) Might have been. B) May have been. C) Should have been. D) Could have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have been. 23. You forgot to lock the door when you left the house. Now your neighbor says, 'I saw someone go into your house.' What do you think? A) You can't have left the door unlocked. B) You must have left the door unlocked. C) You should have left the door unlocked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You must have left the door unlocked. 24. Our new hire is exactly what we needed. We ..... asked for a better employee. A) Couldn't have. B) Wouldn't have. C) May have. D) Shouldn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couldn't have. 25. Choose the passive sentence A) My favorite book was written by Frida Kahlo. B) My favorite book was wrote by Frida Kahlo. C) My favorite book written by Frida Kahlo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite book was written by Frida Kahlo. 26. The house (may sell) for over a million dollars. A) May sold. B) May have sold. C) May have selled. D) May be sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have sold. 27. What does "would have" imply? A) Certainty about a past event. B) Certainty about a future event. C) Uncertainty about a past event. D) Uncertainty about a future event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncertainty about a past event. 28. Samira failed the exam, she ..... harder. A) Should have worked. B) Should have working. C) Should have works. D) Should have work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should have worked. 29. Marta has not arrived yet. She ..... an accident. A) Might have. B) Can have. C) Might have had. D) Could had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might have had. 30. Mum ..... TV at the moment. A) Watch. B) Watches. C) Is watching. D) Are watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is watching. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Modal Verbs Quiz 1Past Modal Verbs Quiz 2Past Modal Verbs Quiz 3Past Modal Verbs Quiz 4Past Modal Verbs Quiz 5Past Modal Verbs Quiz 6Past Modal Verbs Quiz 7Past Modal Verbs Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books