Past modals - Practice

She took her money with her but her boyfriend paid.

She _______ her money with her because her boyfriend paid.

• didn't need to take

• needn't have taken

• needs

• has taken

Someone robbed a man? That _______ Tamara! I was with her the whole time on the day it happened.

• can't have been

• must have been

• might have been

• ought to have

Use a past modal that fits the context:

I _____ ____ revised more for the exam. I was lazy and now I'm going to fail it!

He went to the meeting and found it had been put off.

He _____ to the meeting because it had been put off.

• didn't need to go

• needn't have gone

• must have gone

Sarah looked very happy. She ______ passed her driving test.

• would have

• should have

• must have

• can't have

I didn't know you were going to Phil's party yesterday. You ______ told me!

• might have

• could have

• should have

• can't have

Bryan ______ committed the crime as he was in another country at the moment of the murder.

• must have

• might have

• can't have

• ought to have

You ______ preparing such a long presentation. Nobody listened to you anyway!

• needn't have bothered

• didn't need to bother

• must have bothered

I can't believe that you weren't told how demanding this job is! You definitely _______ about it before you accepted the offer.

• could have been warned

• should have been warned

• can't have been warned

• were warned

Fill in a past modal that fits the context:

I ____ ____ got my bachelor's degree at the university; I just didn't really want to.