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Modal Perfect Could HaveSet 10

1Choose the correct sentence using "could have" to talk about a past possibility:

2GRAMMAR past modals: must have, etc.Complete the sentences with must have, might have, orcouldn't have and the verbs in parentheses.The "For Sale" sign is still up outside their house. They ..... yet. (move)

3If only we ..... have good weather like this the whole year.

4You ..... more polite with Ann. Look, I think, she is crying.

5I didn't want to be late, but I ..... any earlier. There was a terrible traffic jam!

6They arrived over an hour late. They COULD HAVE PHONED us!

7Tom ..... everything right on the French test. He's terrible at French! (get)

8..... he speak French as English last year?

9How is 'COULD HAVE' used in the past tense?

10I don't know who lent me this pen, but I ..... Kay.

11She didn't pass the driving test. What was possible?

12Why didn't Angle apply for the job? She ..... gotten it.

13What and Why do people tend to express their regrets?

14What does "could have" represent?

15He ..... his phone at the restaurant. He couldn't find it when he arrived home.

16Choose the correct option: That horse ..... the race if he ..... his leg yesterday.

17Which of the following sentences indicates a missed opportunity in the past?

18I had the opportunity to study medicine in a prestigious university but I decided to follow my passion and become an actress instead. Imagine that, I ..... a doctor.

19I'm cold and miserable. I wish I ..... at home in bed.

20If they had called me, I ..... ready.

21My brother ..... your money because he was with me all day.

22What is the function of the modal perfect "could have come" in the sentence "His interest in foreign languages could have come from his grandmother who was an expert in European literature" ?

23To show that something we were expecting didn't happen OR to criticise our own or someone else's behaviour we use COULD HAVE.

24I could have joined the outreach project if I ..... in the country at that time.

25Taylor Swift's boyfriend just left her for a younger girl who isn't even famous. She ..... happy when she found out! (She'll probably write a song about it.)

26I could; was able to

27The room is completely empty, and the windows are closed. What might have caused the mess inside?

28He ..... to the city center. He did say he wanted to go shopping.