GRAMMAR Modals of deduction: Past 3 Rewrite the sentences, using the word in brackets.

1 Perhaps Greg forgot to lock his bicycle, (might)

1 Choose the correct modal verbs.
Greg might have
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I must have been
seriously hurt!
2 I'm sure it was really frightening to find a mouse in
2 Nobody is answering the door. They couldn't I must
your bedroom, (been)
have gone out.
It
3 The burglar couldn't I might have known we were
on holiday, because we didn't tell anybody.
3 It's possible that they were too late for the early
4 I'm not sure, but I think I might I must have
train, (missed)
forgotten to lock the front door.
They
5 You couldn't I must have heard the news!
Everybody's talking about it.
4 I'm certain that it wasn't a very pleasant
6 Marie might I can't have forgotten about the extra
experience, (unpleasant)
practice, because I reminded her about it.
It
7 I don't know who phoned, but it must I could have
been Harry.
8 It couldn't I must have been very cold last night 4 CD Correct the mistakes in these sentences or
because there's ice on the roads this morning. put a tick ( • ) by any you think are correct.
1 The line­up was changed and that was the
2 Complete the dialogues with a modal verb + have.
worst surprise I could have
+ the past participle of the verb in brackets.
2 I spent almost an hour waiting, and then
1 A: Thanks for all your help. I
decided that the call could have been a joke.

(fix) the broken door without you.

3 I must have been seven years old at that time.
B: No problem. I think the burglar

4 He could have triumph over the fish because

(be) very strong.
of his knowledge of the sea
2 A: It's possible that the police
5 Mark and Angela understood that he mustn't had
told her the story.
(find) the criminal by now.
B: No, they
(find) him yet. They don't work that fast! VOCABULARY Negative prefixes
3 A: Do you think Steve 1 Write the opposites of these adjectives.
1 accurate 8 polite zyxwvutsrqponmlk
(get) stuck in traffic? He's very late.
2 expensive 9 popular
B: No, he
3 .fair 10 possible
(get) stuck in traffic ­ the streets aren't busy
4 honest 11 reliable
at this time.
5 legal 12 visible
A: Then you
6 organised 13 willing
(forget) to invite him.There's no other explanation!
7 patient
4 A: I'm not sure, but I think I
2 Match some of the negative adjectives to their
(upset) Sophie when I told her how surprised meanings.
I was that she got 100% in the test. 1 not wanting to do something
B: She 2 not able to be trusted or
(get) 100%. That was a really hard test. depended on
She 3 rude
(be) lying to you. 4 too difficult to do
5 A: Have you seen Gary recently? He's got some 5 likely to lie or do
great news! something criminal
B: Well, I thought I saw him at the 6 against the law
gym yesterday evening, but it 7 not correct or exact
(be) him. 8 not able to plan things well
A: No, you (see) 9 easily annoyed by
him yesterday evening, because he was with mistakes or delays
me, telling me his news. 10 not possible to see

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