Grammar Review Jeopardy

Past Modals

100

Past modal of MUST

HAD TO

200

What do we try to express when we use should have, ought to have, and could have?

Regret or blame

300

Past modal of CAN

COULD

400

What is the form used with a past modal to express regret?

Modal + have + past participle

500

Nobody knows exactly why he died, but we think it_____________ an accident.

must have been

could have been

Modals

100

I missed the bus. I __________ (get up) earlier.

Should have got up

200

Name modals used for advice.

should, ought to,

300

What modals express prohibition?

Must not or can't

400

What modals may be used for future possibility?

May (not), might (not), and could

500

Name the modals of ability. Begin with Present, then past, and finally future.

Present: can, be able to; Past: could, was/were able to; Future: can, will be able to, be going to be able to

3rd Conditional

100

Complete: If she had studied, she ____ (pass) the exam.

would have passed

200

Complete: If we ____ (leave) earlier, we wouldn’t have missed the train.

had left

300

Correct the mistake: “If I had known about the party, I would go.”

If I had known about the party, I would have gone.

400

Complete: If he hadn’t forgotten his keys, he ____ (be) locked out.

wouldn’t have been

500

Rewrite as a 3rd conditional: “I didn’t call you because I lost my phone.”

If I hadn’t lost my phone, I would have called you.

2nd Conditional

100

Complete: If I ____ (have) a million dollars, I would travel the world.

had

200

Complete: If she ____ (be) taller, she would play basketball.

were (was también se acepta en inglés informal)

300

Correct the mistake: “If I would live in Japan, I would learn Japanese.”

If I lived in Japan, I would learn Japanese.

400

Complete: What ____ you do if you won the lottery?

would

500

Rewrite as a 2nd conditional: “I don’t have a car, so I don’t drive to work.”

If I had a car, I would drive to work.