Advanced - Modal Auxiliary Verbs: Exercise 2
Written by Barbara Wadsworth
Advanced - Modal Auxiliary Verbs: I should have known you would be late.
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Rewrite the sentences with the choices given and then check your answers below.
Example:
Perhaps she jumped
A. may have
B. could have
A. She _______ jumped. B. She ______ jumped.
Answer
A. She may have jumped. B. She could have jumped.
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1. Maybe he said that. She can't remember now.
A. might have
B. could have
A. ___________ B. ______________
2. Perhaps she saw us.
A. could have
B. might have
A. ___________ B. ______________
3. I think we took the wrong turn, we're lost.
A. must have
A. ___________
4. They wondered out loud as to what to do next.
A. shall
A. ___________
5. I wish they had seen it. It was spectacular!
A. should have
A. ___________
6. Perhaps when I'm 80 I won't remember him
A. will have forgotten
A. ___________
7. It is possible to have happened but not likely.
A. could have
A. ___________
8. You should have listened to them from the beginning.
A. ought to have
A. ___________
9. It was possible for him to go but he didn't.
A. could have
A. ___________
10. I ought to have known that you would be late.
A. should have
A. ___________