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A Listen to the sentences. Write the full form of the missing words.
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1. We ___ may have _ forgotten to lock the door.

2. Everybody CSS at the game that night.

You dropped your keys on the way home.

Max noticed the footprints in the yard.
You —C—‘—i‘“‘(CCSCSCSCd eft the Windlow open.

We Ci‘(‘ONCCHecked the security system last night.

You CC‘ UU Card the footsteps outside.

It happened yesterday.

B Complete each sentence with your own ideas. Then read the sentences aloud to a partner.
Practice the reduced pronunciation of the modals.

1. I could have yesterday, but I didn’t.
2. My grandparents might have , but I don’t know for sure.

My parents must have when I

when
Our English teacher must not have

In the past, people might not have

11 EDIT. Read the text about a strange robbery. Find and correct six more errors with modals.

It was a strange crime. One night, a man climbed into a 5000-gallon fish tank. He
must have ea The fish were halibut, and he wanted to steal them. He must not have

know how to catch fish properly because he attacked them with a heavy piece of metal.
The tank became a mess. The man must not cleaned up the area because he left a trail of

evidence that led the police to his house. The police were looking for the most important
fish that was stolen—a 50-pound halibut. She may been a well-loved fish because everyone

called her “Big Mamma.” Unfortunately, the police never found Big Mamma because
she had been eaten at a dinner party at the man’s house. The people at the party were

shocked. They could not have know that they were eating Big Mamma at the time. Those
guests must been very angry because they spoke against the man at his court trial. The

court gave the man a sentence of four years in prison. He offered to catch a new halibut
to replace Big Mamma. He was a diver and surfer, so it’s possible he could had caught

another big fish. The court said thanks, but no thanks.

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