MODAL VERBS OF DEDUCTION

Present and Past

I CAN HEAR SOME MUSIC COMING FROM THE WINDOW. HELEN______________ AT HOME.

MUST BE MUST HAVE BEEN MIGHT BE CAN’T HAVE BEEN

MUST BE

MARK TOLD ME SARAH WAS WORKING LATE TODAY, SO SHE _______________ HOME RIGHT NOW.

MUST BE MUST HAVE BEEN MIGHT BE CAN’T BE

CAN’T BE

HARRY DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE. HE_______________ WATCHING MOVIES.

MUST HAVE BEEN MIGHT BE CAN’T BE COULD BE

MIGHT BE

SUE IS LATE FOR CLASS. SHE _______________THE BUS. MIGHT HAVE MISSED

MIGHT MISS CAN’T HAVE MISSED

MUST MISSED

MIGHT HAVE MISSED

GEORGE WASN'T PROMOTED AS HE HAD EXPECTED, SO HE_______________SAD.

MIGHT FEEL MUST FEEL MIGHT HAVE FELT COULD FEEL

MUST FEEL

LUKE _______________ BECAUSE NOBODY ANSWERED THE PHONE AT HIS HOUSE.

MIGHT HAVE LEAVE

MUST HAVE LEFT COULD LEAVE CAN’T HAVE LEFT

MUST HAVE LEFT

ROBERT ALWAYS GETS A'S. HIS PARENTS_______________ REALLY PROUD OF HIM. MIGHT BE

MUST BE COULD BE CAN’T BE

MUST BE

THAT DVD_______________ MORE THAT $2; IT'S AN OLD MOVIE!

MIGHT COST MUST HAVE COST COULD COST CAN’T COST

CAN’T COST

I CAN’T FIND MY KEYS. I _____________ THEM INSIDE THE CAR

MIGHT LEFT MUST HAVE LEFT COULD HAVE LEFT CAN’T HAVE LEFT

MUST HAVE LEFT

HE AND HIS SISTER_______________WITH US IF THEIR PARENTS GIVE THEM PERMISSION.

COULD HAVE COME

MUST COME COULD COME MIGHT HAVE COME

COULD COME