Perfect Modals Quiz 20 (25 MCQs)

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1. They ..... (win) the football match, but John hurt his ankle.
2. I ..... explained it to her but she misunderstood-my Japanese isn't very good.
3. What is the active voice form of the perfect modal 'could have been'?
4. I explained it to her but she ..... misunderstood-my spanish is not very great
5. Use ..... or ..... or ..... + a past participle to express possibility.
6. If I had known you were coming, I ..... prepared a meal for you.
7. Liza didn't report her wallet missing for several hours. She ..... it was missing
8. Use ..... + a past participle to express certainty.
9. The hikers ..... (return) by now; I wonder where they are.
10. - "Mary looks sad. Did you tell her about the accident?" - "Yes, but I ..... her later."
11. "Why isn't the printer working?""I don't know. It should ..... yesterday."
12. When ..... you come back home?
13. Mark ..... (bring) sunblock because it rained all weekend.
14. People ..... be terrified when the tsunami happened.
15. We ..... throw trash on the beach or it will end up polluting the ocean.
16. The perfect modals with "should have and could have" are used to
17. They may not have been the first Europeans to visit North America.
18. He has lived here ..... two months.
19. She ..... a doctor tomorrow at nine.
20. In the end, we ..... (4) enjoyed the movie, and it was a great night, despite the ticket issue!
21. The investigators weren't sure what caused the Computer problem. They think it ..... an employee error.
22. I walked home from the disco. My friend was too drunk to drive.
23. Dinner at your aunt's house had to have been good.
24. To say that something was possible in the past, but it didn't happen we use .....
25. Ralph ..... that car. It spends too much gas.