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Past Modals of Deduction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why were there no buses yesterday? Maybe it was the snow or they _____ been on strike.

a)

must have

b)

might have

c)

couldn't have

d)

should have

2.

You _____ seen her, surely! She was standing right in front of you.

a)

must have

b)

might have

c)

can't have

d)

could have

3.

I _____ left my wallet in the restaurant. I paid for the taxi home afterwards.

a)

mustn't have

b)

must have

c)

could have

d)

can't have

4.

He wasn't answering the phone before. Maybe he went to the shop or he _____ been in the shower.

a)

must have

b)

might have

c)

couldn't have

d)

shouldn't have

5.

Where's Clare? Her bag's here and her computer's still on so she _____ gone home.

a)

must have

b)

might have

c)

could have

d)

can't have

6.

Of course we're lost! That map is ten years old at least.

I told you we _____________ Tom's navigation.

a)

can have borrowed

b)

should have borrowed

c)

might have borrowed

d)

must have borrowed

7.

Her computer crashed while she was working so she _____________ finished the research.

a)

couldn't have

b)

can't have

c)

must have

d)

might have

8.

Alex couldn’t have stolen the money. He was at work at the time of the robbery.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Clara was very upset with you yesterday. You must apologized for saying she was lazy.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

You shouldn't have tried to fix the roof yourself. You might have fallen off and been badly injured.

a)

True

b)

False