Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.5 - Lookback for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and read the situations. For each one, rewrite the options using a modal of deduction.

Answer

  1. a) The man must have moved recently. b) His friends might / could / may have sent mail to the old address. c) The postman can't / couldn't have delivered the letters.
  2. a) She might / could / may have been practising in an empty concert hall. b) She must have been deaf, so no one clapped. c) The audience can't / couldn't have liked the music.