could anyone please help me with the exercise I'm struggling with? It's about modal verbs, I need to feel the gaps with a proper form of must/can/may/might etc.
6. It is impossible that he should have refused your request. He .............................................................................. your request. I tried the following, none of them is correct: shan't refuse can't refuse shouldn't have refused couldn't have refused can not have refused shouldn't refuse
8. Is it possible that he is giving a course on the Renaissance at the University? .......................................................... a course on the Renaissance at the University? I tried the following, none of them is correct: could he possibly be giving could he be possibly giving could he be giving can he be giving might he be giving could he be giving
10. I wonder where it is that you met him. Where .................................................. him? I tried the following, none of them is correct: might you have met could you possibly have met could you could you have met might have you met could you have met
13. No doubt, she is out shopping. She ........................ out shopping. I tried the following, none of them is correct: ought to be must must be should be must be must have gone
17. I wonder what it is that you have brought in that box. What ..................................................................... in that box? I tried the following, none of them is correct: could be could you possibly have brought could you bring might you have brought might have you brought could you have brought
18. It is possible that the news is being broadcast on all the channels. The news .................................................................... on all the channels. I tried the following, none of them is correct: may be being broadcast could be being broadcast
Thanks in advance, Konrad
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Your lists of guesses contain some reasonable answers. When you say "I tried the following, none of them is correct", do you mean that you type the answers into a web page and it just comes back and says "correct" or "incorrect"? If so, could you provide a link to the site?
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Your lists of guesses contain some reasonable answers. When you say "I tried the following, none of them is correct", do you mean that you type the answers into a web page and it just comes back and says "correct" or "incorrect"? If so, could you provide a link to the site?