Fill in the blanks with suitable modals:
- Teacher: Imagine you were gone to Goa with your friends on a school trip. What could you have done?
Student: I _____a__________ (can/could) have visited all the churches of Old Goa with my friends. We ______b_______ (would/should) have been to the beaches and had fun. I think, we ______c________ (must/might) have gone to the casino too.
2. Students came back from a school picnic and their teacher was annoyed.
Teacher: None of you behaved well at the picnic. You _____a__________ (would/should) have listened to the instructions and followed them. You ______b___________ (mustn’t/needn’t) have gone to the other side of the park. Anyone _______c__________ (shall/could) have got hurt there. After all that you have done, be prepared for the consequences. This _______d________ (might/must) have been your last picnic.
3. Following is the set of reasons issued to an employee after being sacked for misconduct:
You ________a_________ (could/ought to) have come to work on time. You ________b___________ (needn’t/mustn’t) have made private calls on the office phone. You _______c___________ (may/could) have been decently dressed to office. You ________d__________ (shall/should) have been more polite with everybody in the staff. Most importantly, you _________e___________ (wouldn’t/dare not) have used the company car for your family trips.
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Answers:
- a)could
b) would
c) might
2. a) should
b) mustn’t
c) could
d) might
3. a) ought to
b) mustn’t
c) could
d) should
e) dare not
