This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Past Modal Verbs – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Modal Verbs Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When I was a kid, I ..... tree fearlessly. A) Could climbed. B) Could climb. C) Can't have climbed. D) Could have climb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could climb. 2. What is the correct form? "She ..... forgotten her book at home." A) Must have. B) Must. C) Musted. D) Have must. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Complete: "I ..... an umbrella. The news announced it wasn't going to rain." A) Needn't take. B) Needn't have taken. C) Didn't need to. D) Don't need to take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't need to. 7. No one exactly knew how the convict had escaped, but we think he ..... the jailer. A) Will have bribed. B) May have bribed. C) Must have bribed. D) Should have bribed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have bribed. 8. Which sentence uses "should have" correctly? A) You should have tell me about the meeting. B) You should have told me about the meeting. C) You should tell me about the meeting. D) You should telling me about the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You should have told me about the meeting. 9. If you dropped your smart phone from top here, it ..... to pieces. A) Has shatter. B) Will shatter. C) Shatter. D) Would shatter. E) Would have shattered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would shatter. 10. They ..... (avoid) the traffic jam if they ..... (taken) the other route. A) Avoid / might have taken. B) Could avoid / had took. C) Would avoid / would take. D) Avoided / took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could avoid / had took. 11. 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. 12. You ..... attend the training session if you want to improve your skills. A) Should. B) Can. C) May. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 13. If you ..... (asked) for help, someone ..... (assist) you. A) Ask / might assist. B) Had asked / could have assisted. C) Asks / will assist. D) Asked / would assist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asked / would assist. 14. I was allowed to sing A) Ich musste singen. B) Ich durfte singen. C) Ich konnte singen. D) Ich wollte singen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ich durfte singen. 15. Where is my phone??? The teacher ..... it and put it in the box A) Must have take. B) Must have took. C) Might have taken. D) Might have took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might have taken. 16. 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. 17. The kids (must be) napping. A) Must have been napping. B) Might be napping. C) Must have napped. D) Must napped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have been napping. 18. If he ..... (listened) to his doctor's advice, he ..... (feel) better now. A) Listened / might feel. B) Had listened / could feel. C) Listens / would feel. D) Listens / could have felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had listened / could feel. 19. They ..... worry about the test results as they had studied well. A) Had to. B) Couldn't. C) Didn't have to. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't have to. 20. 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) Must have. B) Can't have. C) Shouldn't have. D) Might have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't have. 21. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the modal verb: "He ..... done it." A) Could not have to. B) Could not have. C) Could not to. D) Could not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could not have. 22. Which past modal verb is used to criticize past actions? A) Could have. B) Might have. C) Must have. D) Should have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have. 23. 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. 24. When did they ..... come? A) Have to. B) Had to. C) Didn't have to. D) Didn't had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have to. 25. A:Where is Marcos?B:He ..... (arrive) in a few minutes. There was an accident on the road. A) Might arrive. B) Must arrived. C) Might have arrived. D) Must have arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might arrive. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuxiliary Verbs QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Modal Verbs Quiz 1Past Modal Verbs Quiz 3Past Modal Verbs Quiz 4Past Modal Verbs Quiz 5Past Modal Verbs Quiz 6Past Modal Verbs Quiz 7Past Modal Verbs Quiz 8Past Modal Verbs Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books