Modal verbs - Gateway B2+ Unit 2

Lucy _________ to the sports centre, all her sports gear is here.

• can't have gone

• may well have gone

• must have gone

I thought I saw Liam in town yesterday, but it __________ him because he was ill and stayed in bed all day.

• must have been

• might not have been him

• can't have been him

I can’t find my purse. I ___________ (leave) it at home I suppose, but I thought I’d put it in my bag. I hope it hasn’t been stolen!

• can have left

• might have left

• could have left

• should have left

Chris __________ home by now, it only takes him ten minutes to walk there and he left 20 minutes ago. I’ll phone him now.

• can't have arrived

• must have arrived

• shouldn't have arrived

The train ______________. It isn’t supposed to leave for another five minutes.

• could have left

• must have left

• can't have left

Steve and Marie ___________ (have) an argument. They both look angry and I heard them shouting.

There can’t be too many people who want to risk

getting into a car with someone who’s never driven

before.

• something in the present we are 90% certain is true

• something in the present we are 90% certain is not

  true

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was

  not true

Being worried could well have been the reason he

behaved like that.

• something in the past that was possible

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was true

• something in the present we are 90% certain is true

That must have been very frightening.

• something in the past that was possible

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was true

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was not true

It can’t have been easy being a female instructor then.

• something in the present that is possible

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was true

• something in the past that we are 90% certain was not true