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Past Perfect and Modals Exercises

The document contains exercises focused on modal perfects and past perfect tense. It includes multiple-choice questions, sentence completion tasks, and rewriting sentences using modals. Additionally, it provides fill-in-the-blank activities for practicing the past simple and past perfect tenses.

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Past Perfect and Modals Exercises

The document contains exercises focused on modal perfects and past perfect tense. It includes multiple-choice questions, sentence completion tasks, and rewriting sentences using modals. Additionally, it provides fill-in-the-blank activities for practicing the past simple and past perfect tenses.

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MODAL PERFECTS

1) Choose the correct answer.

1. She (could walk / could have walked) before she was a year old.
2. The party was supposed to be a secret. You (shouldn’t say / shouldn’t have said) anything.
3. I’m not sure, but I (might leave / might have left) early tonight.
4. I’m not afraid to go alone. You (needn’t have come / don’t need to come) with me.
5. It’s late. You (must be / must have been) very tired.
6. You (should introduce / should have introduced) me to your friends. I didn’t know anyone’s name at the party!

2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use a modal perfect.

1. Nobody told her anything about the fight. She ....................................... (know) about it.
2. We arrived too early. We ....................................... (be) in such a hurry.
3. She ....................................... (leave) the office because her coat and bag aren’t here.
4. I ....................................... (drive) to work, but the weather was so nice that I decided to walk.
5. It’s possible that I ....................................... (forget) to tell Joe about the meeting.
6. You ....................................... (call) her on her birthday. She never forgets to call you.

3) Rewrite each sentence using a modal or modal perfect. There may be more than one answer.

1. It isn’t necessary for them to finish the job tonight.


They ......................................................................................................................
2. It’s possible that I took your jacket by mistake.
I ......................................................................................................................
3. That man knows how to speak four languages.
That man ......................................................................................................................
4. I didn’t wear a sunhat, and now my head hurts.
My head hurts. I ......................................................................................................................
5. It rained last night so the grass is wet. It ...................................................................................................................... .
The grass is wet.
6. The man you saw wasn’t Jack. He’s been abroad since the summer.
You ......................................................................................................................

PAST PERFECT
1) Fill in the correct form of the Past Simple or Past Perfect Tense:

1. Mary ___________________ (give) me Tony's address before she ________ (leave).


2. When the boys ________ (arrive) at the cinema, the film ___________________ (already, start).
3. All the tickets ___________________ (be) sold before the concert ________(begin). 5. They ___________ (take) a
shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
6. I ________ (ask) Mr Green how many books he ___________________ (read)
7. Mum _______ (ask) me why I ___________________ (not tidy) up my room.
8. Mum once ___________________ (paint) a picture although she ___________________ (never, learn) it.
9. I ___________________ (be) very angry when I ___________________ (see) that my brother
___________________ (eat) my apple.

2) Fill in the correct form of the Past Simple or Past Perfect Tense:

1. Bob was sorry that he ___________________ (told) me the story.


2. Alan watched TV after he ___________________ (have) lunch.
3. The sun shined yesterday after it ___________________ (be) cold for many weeks.
4. Uncle David went to the doctor after he ___________________ (be) ill for a month.
5. Before the police ___________________ (catch) the thief, he stole two more watches.
6. I didn’t tell my teacher that my mum ___________________ (help) me with my homework.

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