12 English Modals and Past Modals Quiz Quizzes

1. Fiona could dance well

A. Fiona is still good at dancing

B. Fiona dances well

C. Fiona can no longer dance well

D. Fiona wasn’t good at dancing

2. Ken is a great cricket player He ____________ hit the ball really far

A. can

B. can’t

C. could

D. couldn’t

3. They need to paint the house

A. The house is already painted

B. The house is not yet painted

C. The house is now being painted

D. The house is not going to be painted

4. You should study for your exam

A. You’re going to have an exam soon

B. You sat for the exam and got bad results

C. You sat for the exam and got good results

D. You are not going to have an exam

5. We have to turn our mobiles off before the plane takes off

A. The plane hasn’t taken off yet

B. The plane has already taken off

C. The plane is now taking off

D. The plane doesn’t allow mobiles

6. Joe practices aikido every day, which is why he ____________ win the competition last month

A. can

B. can’t

C. could

D. couldn’t

7. My granddad ____________ run really fast when he was younger He won a lot of races

A. can

B. can’t

C. could

D. couldn’t

8. You should have studied for the exam

A. You’re going to have an exam soon

B. You sat for the exam and got bad results

C. You sat for the exam and got good results

D. You’re not going to have an exam

9. Alice ____________ visit the hospital when she cut her hand because she needed stitches

A. doesn’t have to

B. didn’t have to

C. have to

D. had to

10. We ____________ cook dinner last Friday night because Mum ordered pizza

A. have to

B. don’t have to

C. didn’t have to

D. had to

11. Ray ____________ take medicine three times a day until his toothache got better

A. have to

B. don’t have to

C. didn’t have to

D. had to

12. We had to turn our mobiles off before the plane took off

A. The plane hasn’t taken off yet

B. The plane has already taken off

C. The plane is not going to take off until we turn our mobiles off

D. The plane doesn’t allow mobiles