This third gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of modals of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of modal verbs.
Modals Advanced Level Test 3
Question 1 |
A century ago, some linguists _____ that Canada _____ different languages in the next centuries.
A | had predicted / would speak |
B | predicted / might have spoken |
C | could predict / could have spoken |
D | predicted / would be speaking |
E | was to predict / would have spoken |
Question 2 |
You _____ much more sensibly; now you seem to be an overweight man.
A | should have eaten |
B | had to eat |
C | must have eaten |
D | were to eat |
E | are supposed to eat |
Question 3 |
The epic is dated back to nearly 3000 BC, but scholars believe it _____ much earlier through an oral tradition.
A | should have existed |
B | need to be existed |
C | could existed |
D | could have existed |
E | may exist |
Question 4 |
Although the oral tale of the Iliad _____ to various rulers over millennia, the story we know is probably attached to a real king.
A | can be attributed |
B | could have been attributed |
C | should have been attributed |
D | must be attributed |
E | would be attributed |
Question 5 |
Stein spoke in a voice so low that the judge repeatedly _____ her to speak up.
A | could ask |
B | would ask |
C | had to ask |
D | used to ask |
E | might have asked |
Question 6 |
When we lived in East Anatolia, the water pipes _____ every winter, and we _____ in a plumber.
A | would freeze / had to call |
B | were freezing / used to call |
C | could freeze / would have called |
D | used to freeze / were calling |
E | might have frozen / have had to call |
Question 7 |
He had such bad flu that he ______ breathe through his nose.
A | didn't have to |
B | couldn’t |
C | shouldn’t |
D | didn't use to |
E | wouldn't |
Question 8 |
Her unconventional, yet practical clothing shocked all the audience, who _____ men play in the long, heavy dresses which were typical of that period.
A | would see |
B | used to see |
C | were used to seeing |
D | get used to seeing |
E | are accustomed to seeing |
Question 9 |
Now that Doris has been living in France for a decade she _____ things differently, but it hasn’t been always the case.
A | used to do |
B | was used to doing |
C | is used to doing |
D | got used to doing |
E | was accustomed to do |
Question 10 |
Neither writer develops this concept in terms which _____ scientific.
A | could have been considered |
B | might have been considered |
C | should have been considered |
D | can be considered |
E | would be considered |
Question 11 |
To get to a better post in this job, you _____ be punctual and have good organizational behaviour.
A | are to |
B | can |
C | might |
D | would |
E | used to |
Question 12 |
A: The students ____ there yesterday.
B: I don’t think they were, but I can not prove that they weren’t.
A | ought to have been |
B | had to be |
C | could have been |
D | would have been |
E | used to be |
Question 13 |
I am not certain where Haul is. He _____ Fauzzia to the cinema or to a park.
A | must have taken |
B | was supposed to take |
C | should have taken |
D | might have taken |
E | has taken |
Question 14 |
They normally agree about where to go every year but this time they _____ problems finding something that _____ all of them.
A | might have had / must satisfy |
B | must be having / ought to satisfy |
C | could have / will have satisfied |
D | had better have / is to satisfy |
E | may have / will satisfy |
Question 15 |
You ____ so fast on such a busy road. You _____ an accident.
A | couldn’t have driven / could have |
B | shouldn't have driven / might have had |
C | mustn’t have driven / should have had |
D | can’t have driven / would die |
E | might not have driven / must have died |
Question 16 |
I ____ bear the sight of blood so I ____ wait for the cow to be sacrificed.
A | couldn’t / shouldn’t |
B | mustn't / can’t |
C | am not to / would rather not |
D | can't / couldn’t |
E | won’t / didn't use to |
Question 17 |
Would you mind ____ her to accompany me at the party tomorrow? I am too busy to do that.
A | having invited |
B | if I invited |
C | invite |
D | invited |
E | inviting |
Question 18 |
You ____ avoid being in such a room full of billowing cigar smoke. The doctor has warned you.
A | must |
B | can |
C | would |
D | could |
E | would rather |
Question 19 |
The prisoner ____ eligible for parole after he serves 15 years by next year due to his behaviours there.
A | will have become |
B | might have become |
C | should have become |
D | must have become |
E | has become |
Question 20 |
My word! It ____ you ages to write all this. There are more than 2,000 pages!
A | ought to take |
B | must take |
C | has to take |
D | will take |
E | used to take |
Question 21 |
Dad ____ his pills before starting to fast; now he is suffering from his stomach.
A | had to take |
B | ought to take |
C | must have taken |
D | had better take |
E | should have taken |
Question 22 |
As you ____ expect, there are lots of souvenir shops where you _____ buy a present for anyone to give.
A | can / need to |
B | will /ought to |
C | would / could |
D | could / have to |
E | may / must |
Question 23 |
Tally ____ that we were supposed to meet here at five. It is almost six.
A | had forgotten |
B | should have forgotten |
C | must have forgotten |
D | would forget |
E | used to forget |
Question 24 |
The potatoes are undercooked; you ______ them for a bit longer.
A | must boil |
B | should boil |
C | ought to have boiled |
D | must have boiled |
E | would rather boil |
Question 25 |
I would rather you ____ anything about what I did. It was a secret!
A | didn't say |
B | don't say |
C | hadn’t said |
D | wouldn’t say |
E | couldn't say |
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