Verbs

Deduction - must, can't, may and might (Verbs)

Practice Exercise-1

Sally and Ben are watching the people arriving at the world premiere of a new Hollywood film. A lot of famous people are there. Fill the gaps with must be (100%), may be (70%), might be (40%) or can't be (0%). Use want, not be, for one of the gaps.

Sally: Look at that handsome man in the big car. Who is he?

Ben: I don't know. He ([1] 100%) must be a big star. There are three other men with him.

Sally: Yes, they ([2] 100%) ____ his bodyguards. But who is the old lady with him? She ([3] 100%) ____ about ninety years old.

Ben: She ([4] 40%) ____ his grandmother. No, I know. It ([5] 100%) ____ Lalita Mukherjee. She was a big star in the 20s.

Sally: Look at the man in the next car. That ([6] 100%) ____ the director. And the woman with the long blonde hair ([7] 100%) ____ Shanti Prakash, the star of the film.

Practice Exercise-2

Fill the gaps with must, may, might or can't + verb. In some cases, more than one answer is possible.

Use: be, have, speak, see

1. "What does Jay do at weekends?" "Nobody knows. He must have a secret girlfriend."

2. Sujata always comes to school. But she's absent today. She ____ ill.

3. John is absent today. He ____ ill or he ____ with his friends.

4. Mr. Parth looks very young. He ____ a grandfather!

5. "Is the new student an American?" I'm not sure. She ____ Canadian."

6. She lived in Spain for ten years. She ____ Spanish.

7. He was with me when the murder happened. He ____ the killer.