Modal Perfects: Multiple Choice

Read the whole situation, then choose the answer that completes the sentence. Your first choice counts.

1. There's sand all over the back seat of the car. The children _____ to the beach yesterday.

2. Hana _____ my message at lunchtime. She was sitting an exam from twelve until three, and all phones were locked away outside the hall.

3. I _____ a table. I didn't think the restaurant would be busy on a Tuesday, but we had to wait forty minutes.

4. This milk smells awful. Somebody _____ it out of the fridge all night.

5. Carlos normally replies within minutes, but I haven't heard from him all day. He _____ his phone, or perhaps he's just busy at work.

6. I'm sure Rosa _____ these flowers on my desk this morning. She's been on holiday in Greece all week.

7. Ollie _____ sun cream at the beach yesterday. He thought the clouds would protect him, and now his back is bright red.

8. I phoned home at nine last night. Mum and Dad were definitely in, but nobody answered. They _____ asleep in front of the television.

9. You _____ Grandma's ring to school. Now it's lost, and she's really upset.

10. Thank goodness you were wearing a helmet. You _____ when you came off your bike.

11. Dad _____ the parcel from the post office this morning. It doesn't open until two on Saturdays, and today's Saturday.

12. I can't find my reading glasses. I _____ them on the bus, or they're somewhere in the office. I honestly don't know.

13. I'm not sure Ben knows the meeting has moved. He _____ my email. I only sent it late last night.

14. The flat was perfect and the rent was low. We _____ it, but we took too long to decide, and someone else signed the contract first.

15. Leila _____ so much on her credit card in the sales. Now she's using half her salary to pay it back.

16. There's no other explanation. Nobody else was at home all weekend, so Kemal _____ the last of the orange juice.

17. Three-year-old Max _____ the biscuit tin by himself. It was on the top shelf, and there's no chair in the kitchen.

18. Hamid _____ his bike. He was only in the shop for two minutes, so he didn't bother, and when he came out, it had gone.

19. Kofi _____ a professional footballer. A big club offered him a contract at seventeen, but he didn't want to leave school.

20. The audience are leaving the theatre smiling and chatting. The show _____ better than they expected.