VERB TENSES AND MODAL VERBS PRACTICE SHEETS: ANSWER KEY

A) B)
1. moved 1. seems
2. is thinking 2. know
3. write 3. didn’t consider
4. isn’t enjoying 4. went
5. Do they know 5. affected
6. brought 6. dismissed
7. Did the wind frighten 7. taught
8. was having 8. gave
9. married 9. was producing
10. Did you pay 10. shot

C) E)
1. is studying 1. Singing
2. being 2. was writing
3. rang 3. phoned
4. has already finished 4. Tidying
5. has just arrived 5. controls
6. have you lived 6. does not often smile
7. are getting 7. is smiling
8. Writing 8. Have you ever ridden
9. threw 9. burnt/burned
10. broke 10. was cooking
11. were studying 11. was angry
12. was listening 12. weren’t
13. taught 13. is looking
14. is going to 14. is staying
15. didn’t go 15. do you clean
16. didn’t feel 16. have just had
17. does Tom play 17. dropped
18. was waiting 18. was doing
19. arrived 19. didn’t break
20. am learning/ am going to learn 20. has been
21. swimming
22. have known
D) 23. shake
1. were enjoying 24. changes
2. went out 25. is not moving
3. thought 26. is watching
4. was trying 27. have changed
5. shouted 28. saw
6. happened 29. were sailing
7. were waiting 30. sent
8. screamed
F) G)
1. Went 1. Cannot
2. was looking 2. must
3. appeared 3. can’t
4. are you enjoying 4. must
5. don’t understand 5. may/might
6. have stared 6. must
7. haven’t decided 7. can’t
8. Have you ever seen 8. may/might
9. blushed 9. must
10. prefer 10. may/might

H)
1. didn’t have to 6. had to
2. couldn’t 7. could
3. didn’t have to 8. couldn’t
4. didn’t have to 9. have to
5. had to 10. can

I)
1. I may/might go… 12. I haven’t seen you for three
2. , I used to watch… months.
3. demonstration was organized 13. You haven’t finished this test yet.
4. , so that can’t be… 14. …is spent on designing…
5. Painting 15. Doing any…
6. …very slowly 16. He still lives with his parents.
7. There was… 17. …she laughed at him.
8. Who drew that… 18. When I was a child,…
9. I had to… 19. …Gilbert taught me…
10. They are going to fly 20. …I have forgotten…
11. Who brought this box?

J)
1. I must hurry. I mustn’t be late.
2. You don’t have to bring your dictionary to school every day, but you can bring it if
you want to check the meaning of a word.
3. Can you help me? I have to go to the cathedral, but I don’t know where it is.
4. I think that she shouldn’t eat so much.
5. I may/might visit you tomorrow, but I don’t know if I will have time.
6. Could you read when you were four (years old)?
7. It must be late. I have to go home.
8. That can’t be true. You must be wrong.