PAST MODALS

I ……………… sold my car because I got a pay rise at work.

• needn't have

• mustn't have

• can't have

• wouldn't have

John …………… been at home last night. I saw his car outside his house.

• needn't have

• must have

• can't have

• could have

I ……………… listened to your advice. I regret it now.

• shouldn't have

• must have

• should have

• could have

Daniel ……………… worked very hard. He was promoted to manager.

• can't have

• would have

• couldn't have

• must have

Your assistant …………….. been more helpful; you’re lucky to have her.

• couldn't have

• might have

• must have

• can't have

That ……………. been Rosemary you saw; she’s in Australia.

• can't have

• must have

• shouldn't have

• would have

The restaurant was almost certainly be full. I knew, we ………… a table weeks ago.

• needn't have booked

• should have booked

• would have booked

• might have booked

Dora ……… a successful dancer, but her parents didn’t allow her to study dance.

• could have been

• must have been

• should have been

• shouldn't have been

It was wrong of you to shout at your mother that way. The sentence means .....................................

• You could have shouted at your mother that way.

• You shouldn't have shouted at your mother that way.

• You should have shouted at your mother that way.

• You might have shouted at your mother that way.

It wasn't necessary for him to take a taxi. This sentence means ..............

• He needn't have taken a taxi.

• He didn't have to take a taxi.

• He should have taken a taxi.

• He might have taken a taxi.