Modals Of Deduction Quiz 30 (25 MCQs)

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1. I had to wait 45 minutes for a bus yesterday. There ..... been an accident or maybe a strike. (it's possible but I'm not certain)
2. Tom has been working late every day; he ..... be very busy with a project.
3. Alice: "I locked myself out of my apartment. I didn't know what to do." Ben: "You ..... your roommate."
4. Look-He's listening to that man's heart. That man ..... be a doctor
5. The traffic is moving very slowly; there ..... an accident ahead.
6. It's 5am. He ..... be at work. He only starts at 8.
7. Match the deduction of their meanings:a. He can't be a smuggler
8. Being a sky diving instructor ..... be very exciting.
9. She ..... be pregnant again. She's just had a baby!
10. We ..... earlier. Now the restaurant's closed.
11. I can't have eaten your ham sandwich because I ..... meat.
12. You ..... be serious. (It sounds like a joke or something unbelievable.)
13. I'm sure Dan Cooper jumped out of the plane.
14. Anthony is very stressed out lately. I am not sure but he ..... gone on vacation.
15. Sorry but I'm not Laura. You ..... be confusing me for someone else.
16. What is the right structure to do the past modals of deduction
17. I don't suppose she was sleeping when you called her.
18. A:Daniela recently moved to Texas. B:That's so strange, I could have sworn I saw her yesterday near Paseo la Fe with her family.
19. "Can't" and "shouldn't" have the same meaning when used for deduction.
20. This ..... a fortune! (The house is huge, and it's in the most expensive part of town.)
21. SEBASTIAN:That makes sense. They killed him so that at least one of them ..... get the inheritance.
22. It's very loud in the house; the children ..... taking a nap.
23. Come in and sit down. You ..... be tired after the long journey.
24. They can't be tourists.
25. Look! That man is carrying a camera and a guidebook.