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Past Modals Practice Exercise

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct past modal. Before trying the exercise, it may be helpful to review the links below.

past modals for degrees of certainty
conditionals guide (see the third conditional)

 

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    1. I’m not a fan of their logo. I think they ______ changed it years ago.

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    2. I can’t believe you met Steve Jobs in person. That _______ been amazing!

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    3. Do you think we _______ avoided the economic crisis if we had taken greater precaution?

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    4. Our new hire is exactly what we needed. We _______ asked for a better employee.

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    5. John _______ been at the party last night. He’s not even in the country. He flew to Japan yesterday morning.

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    6. The investigators have several ideas about what _______ caused the fire.

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    7. I’m not completely convinced of his innocence. I think he _______ been involved.

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    8. You _______ mentioned it in front of the rest of the team. I would have talked to him in private about it.

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    9. Kurt ________ slept much last night. He looks awful and is on his third cappuccino.

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    10. They said they were going to pick us up at 7 p.m. I think they _______ taken a wrong turn somewhere.

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    11. Did I do the right thing? Is it what you ________ done?

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    12. We _______ changed distributors if they had kept their prices competitive.

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    13. He didn’t even crack a smile at my jokes. He _______ thought they were funny.

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    14. Our security system shows that he swiped in with his badge at 8:14 AM, so he ________ been in the office yesterday.

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    15. Matt _______ graduated college in 1997. He was only 14 years old.

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    16. Tim’s supposed to be here, but it looks like he _______ forgotten.

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    17. Teresa’s English is flawless. She _______ had a lot of exposure to the language.

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    18. He looked completely dejected after the interview. It _______ gone very well.

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    19. You ________ told me you needed help. I would have pitched in.

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    20. The virus _______ done us a lot of harm. Fortunately, it didn’t.

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