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