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Past modals of
deduction – might have, could have, can’t have
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Before the activity starts, complete the sentences yourself
without showing the class what you have written. Put students into pairs to
discuss which answers are the most likely in the situation. Then go through
the questions, keeping a score of how many correct( or nearly correct) answers
each pair guessed. |
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Telepathy Try to guess how your teacher has completed these
sentences. You get a point for every answer which is the same
as or similar to your teacher’s answer. 1 Your brother always phones you on your
birthday. Yesterday was your birthday but he didn’t phone you. He can’t have ______________________________. He must have ______________________________. 2 You are usually at the top of the class
for spelling in your English lessons, but the teacher tells you that all your answers are incorrect. You
don’t believe it. I can’t have _________________________________. The teacher
must have _______________________. 3 Your
cousin told you she was going to marry a Hollywood actor. She can’t have ______________________________. She must have ______________________________. 4 Yesterday you ate seafood in a
restaurant. You’ve been sick all night and you feel terrible. I must have _________________________________. The ________ might not have _________________ . 5 Your English teacher gives you a list
of fifty phrasal verbs to learn. After only five minutes you say ‘I’ve finished!’
Your teacher says… You can’t have ______________________________. You must have ______________________________. 6 You
invited some friends round to your home. They’ve been
to your house before and they know the way, but they have rather an old car. They can’t have _______________________________. Their car might have ___________________________. 7 You sent an email to a colleague to
phone you urgently as soon as he got to the office.
He might not have ____________________________. He can’t have ________________________________. 8 The lights were on in Sally’s apartment
but she didn’t answer the door when you rang the doorbell. She might have ______________________________. She might
not have __________________________. |
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