Deduction & Speculation (Modals) — practice exercises
Interactive fill-in-the-blank exercises with instant feedback.
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Guessing What Happened
ExerciseThis is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them. Use modal verbs (e.g., must, might, could, can’t) to make deductions and speculations about workplace situations based on the clues given.
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Daily Life - Deducing Outcomes
ExerciseThis is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them. Use modal verbs to speculate and make logical deductions about everyday situations, including what is possible, probable, or impossible.
Put Deduction & Speculation (Modals) into practice with 2 interactive fill-in-the-blank exercises at B2 (Upper Intermediate) level. Every question is checked instantly, so you can catch mistakes, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence using Deduction & Speculation (Modals) in real English sentences.
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- Fill-in-the-blank questions with multiple-choice answers
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- Suitable for B2-level English learners