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Past Modal Practice Exercise

Kumar Upendra .
18/04/2017 0 0

Make the correct past modal form (use could have / would have / should have + past participle).

1) I  (buy) bread but I didn’t know we needed it. (past possibility).

2) We  (invite) so many people to our party! I’m worried that we won’t have enough room for everyone. (past negative advice / regret).

3) I  (start) saving money years ago! (past advice / regret).

4) We  (join) you at the restaurant, but we couldn’t get a babysitter. (past willingness).

5) The weather  (be) any worse! (past negative possibility).

6) I  (arrive) on time, even if I’d left earlier. There were dreadful traffic jams all the way. (past negative possibility).

7) They  (win) the football match, but John hurt his ankle. (past possibility).

8) Amanda  (finish) the work, but she felt ill and had to go home. (past willingness).

9) Lucy  (leave) earlier. She missed her flight. (past advice / regret).

10) We  (finish) the game, even if we’d wanted to. It was raining very hard and we had to stop. (past negative possibility).

11) I  (eat) so much chocolate! I feel sick! (past negative advice / regret).

12) Luke  (pass) the exam if he’d studied a bit more. (past possibility).

13) John  (call) Amy, but he didn’t have her number. (past willingness).

14) You  (be) rude to him. He’s going to be really angry now. (past negative advice / regret).

15) She  (come) to the restaurant if she’d left work earlier. (past possibility).

16) You  (take) this job. I can see you’re not enjoying it. (past negative advice / regret).

17) The race was really difficult. She  (win) because she’s not fit enough. (past negative possibility).

18) Our neighbours  (cut) down the tree in their garden. It was a really beautiful tree. (past negative advice / regret).

19) The children  (do) their homework last night. Then they wouldn’t be panicking on the way to school. (past advice / regret).

20) I’m really cold! I  (bring) my coat. (past advice / regret).

21) I  (come) to see you! I didn’t know you were ill. (past willingness).

22) Andrew  (go) to Cambridge University, but he decided to travel instead. (past possibility).

23) They  (be) kinder to me. They were absolutely lovely. (past negative possibility).

24) You  (buy) some milk at the shops. We don’t have any milk. (past advice / regret).

 

 

 

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