Consolidation
8 Grammar Worksheet
Modals of speculation
1 Choose the correct answer. Then write what the modal
verbs indicate. Write P (something is possible),
I (something is impossible) or C (something is certain).
1 It must / can’t be a ghost. They don’t exist! I
2 You might / must have thirty pairs of shoes! They don’t
fit in the cupboard! _
3 Mum can’t / might know Timothy. We should ask if she
works with him. _
4 Max couldn’t / can’t come with me because he had to
revise. _
5 It couldn’t / must be true because it’s in all the
newspapers. _
6 Sophie must / can’t learn to drive yet. She’s only 15. _
2 Tick ( ) or correct the sentences. Some of them are
wrong.
1 You might be serious! I don’t believe that Kylie would do
that!
You can’t be serious! I don’t believe that Kylie would do that!
2 Someone might be able to solve the riddle one day, but I
don’t think it will be soon.
3 Dad mustn’t buy a new car today! We’re excited!
4 He couldn’t just disappear without a trace. Someone
must know where he is.
5 Toby’s train might be late. He said it would arrive at 8pm,
but it’s already 8.15pm.
6 You must swim in the sea today. There’s a flag warning
that it is dangerous.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct modal. There
may be more than one possible answer.
1 That old house down the road might be haunted. People
say they have seen something strange.
2 Sorry, I help you at the moment.
I’m really busy.
3 Danni come to the cinema last night
because she was feeling ill.
4 The secret disappear forever, if
something happens to Mrs Grant.
5 There be something sinister here.
I’ve got goosebumps.
6 The English class be at 2pm. My
timetable says 2.30.
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Modal perfects of speculation
4 Match the parts of the sentences. Complete them with
the modal perfect forms of the verbs in brackets.
1 The house might A 4 Dad must _
2 I couldn’t _ 5 Could you _
3 Sally and Tom can’t _ 6 Mum might not _
A have been (be) haunted. I had heard strange noises.
B (forget) their
appointment. I reminded them yesterday.
C (hear) the phone ring.
She had the radio on.
D (fail) my exam. I
prepared really well for it.
E (work) late. He didn’t
get home till nearly nine.
F (get) a refund?
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs below.
cannot / remember could not / see
might / be might not / hear must / be
1 Jack might have been able to come, but he had to visit his
grandparents that evening.
2 Mrs Martin the bicycle,
or she wouldn’t have had the accident.
3 Aunt Amy we were
going to visit or she would have been at home.
4 Frank busy or he
would have answered the phone.
5 You of him, but he’s a
really famous actor.
6 Complete the sentences with a modal perfect and the
verbs below.
be cause forget head miss
1 Tom may have forgotten to open a new savings account
yesterday. He definitely didn’t go out. (may)
2 Oh, no! Cathy is back. She
the bus! (must)
3 It icy conditions that
caused the accident. (could not)
4 I don’t think Toby’s here. He
home earlier. (might)
5 The tsunami a lot of
damage. It was devastatingly powerful. (could)
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