This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Modal Verbs > Past Modal Verbs – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Modal Verbs Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... go for a walk in the park this evening if the weather is nice. A) Should. B) Can. C) Must. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 2. Which sentence uses "could have" correctly? A) I could have go to the party if I didn't have to work. B) I could have gone to the party if I didn't have to work. C) I could go to the party if I didn't have to work. D) I could gone to the party if I didn't have to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I could have gone to the party if I didn't have to work. 3. Which past modal verb form is used to express certainty about a past event? A) Might have. B) Could have. C) Should have. D) Must have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must have. 4. When Lizzie got home yesterday there were flowers on the table. Her husband ..... A) Must have bought them. B) Could have bought them. C) Coudn't have bought them. D) Cant't have bought them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have bought them. 5. They ..... follow the rules to participate in the competition. A) Had to. B) Couldn't. C) Didn't have to. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had to. 6. How do you express that you ought to have helped your parents last weekend? A) I might have helped my parents last weekend. B) I would have helped my parents last weekend. C) I could have helped my parents last weekend. D) I should have helped my parents last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I should have helped my parents last weekend. 7. Is this sentece correct or incorrect?It might have been a ghost or a hostile entity. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 8. What does "might have" indicate? 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. 9. Ana wrote a book about presents for friends. A) A book about presents for friends was written by Ana. B) A book about presents for friends was wrote by Ana. C) A book about presents for friends are written by Ana. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A book about presents for friends was written by Ana. 10. PART 2:Past Modal Verbs-Deduction. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). This document is dated 1995. It ..... been written last year. A) Must have. B) Can't have. C) Should have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't have. 11. Your brother has been using your email account. You ..... told him your password. A) Must have. B) Mustn't have. C) Couldn't have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 12. If I had told him the insane truth, he ..... believed me. A) Mustn't have. B) Couldn't have. C) Wouldn't have. D) Can't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wouldn't have. 13. PART 2:Past Modal Verbs-Deduction. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). They knew every detail of the plan. Someone ..... told them beforehand. A) Can't have. B) Must have. C) Wouldn't have. D) Shouldn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must have. 14. The children have guilty expressions on their faces. They ..... A) Must have done something naughty. B) Must do something naughty. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have done something naughty. 15. She missed the train because she arrived late at the station. What was advisable? A) She should have arrived earlier. B) She must have arrived earlier. C) She can't have arrived earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She should have arrived earlier. 16. Spain ..... had less deaths if the government had restricted trips abroad. A) Could have. B) Could. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could have. 17. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). Choose the option where the noun refers to something you cannot physically touch. A) Chair. B) Noise. C) Freedom. D) Bottle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 18. Choose the correct answer.'I've photocopied that newspaper article.' 'Oh, you ..... have done. I bought two copies of the newspaper for us.' A) Ought to. B) Wouldn't. C) Shouldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't. 19. They ..... (finished) the project on time if they ..... (started) earlier. A) Finish / might have started. B) Had finished / could start. C) Would finish / had started. D) Might finish / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished / could start. 20. You look sick. You ..... eaten something bad. A) Must have. B) Could have. C) Can't have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must have. 21. If they ..... (listened) to the weather forecast, they ..... (not get) caught in the storm. A) Listened / wouldn't get. B) Had listened / might not get. C) Listen / wouldn't have got. D) Had listened / wouldn't have got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had listened / wouldn't have got. 22. She ..... known the answer. It was very obvious A) Should have. B) Can't have. C) Must have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have. 23. PART 2:Past Modal Verbs-Deduction. Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D). He denies any involvement, and there is no evidence. He ..... committed the crime. A) Must have. B) Can't have. C) Shouldn't have. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't have. 24. How would you express that you had to finish your homework yesterday? A) I will finish my homework yesterday. B) I had to finish my homework yesterday. C) I have to finish my homework tomorrow. D) I finished my homework today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had to finish my homework yesterday. 25. What is the correct form to express a past unreal consequence? A) Should have. B) Might have. C) Would have. D) Could have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books