Past Modals exercises — Set 2: Could Have & Would Have: Unrealized Past Possibility and Hypothetical Results Exercises (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 12 min
I had a free afternoon yesterday. I to the museum, the park, or the cinema, but in the end I just relaxed at home.
If I had known about the sale, I a new laptop.
She was a very fast runner. She the marathon easily, but she never entered one.
He offered to lend me money, but I refused. He me £500.
We had several options for transport. We a taxi or a bus, but we decided to walk.
If she had accepted the job offer, she in New York now.
The package arrived by now. The delivery company said three days, and it's been a week.
I you with your project, but nobody told me you needed help.
The job was open to anyone in the company. She for the promotion, but she wasn't interested.
She spoke five languages fluently. She as a translator, but she preferred teaching.
If the weather had been better, we the outdoor concert.
She any language she wanted — she was brilliant at learning. But she only studied French.
I asked him to come to the party, but he said no. He even if I had begged him.
The restaurant was fully booked. We a table even if we had arrived earlier.
He a professional footballer. He was talented enough, but he chose to become a doctor.
If you had told me the truth from the beginning, I so angry.
We had three different routes to choose from. We the scenic road, but we picked the motorway for speed.
Without your advice, I a terrible decision.
The door was locked from the inside. The thief through the door.
She us to the airport, but we didn't want to trouble her.
Past Modals exercises online (Worksheet)
Practise using could have and would have + past participle to talk about unrealized past possibilities and hypothetical past results. Use could have when something was possible in the past but did NOT happen. Use would have for imagined results — what you believe would have happened in a different situation. Also learn couldn't have for past impossibility and wouldn't have for refusal or unwillingness in the past.