Past Modals exercises — Set 5: Advanced Past Modals of Deduction: Continuous & Passive Perfect Modals Exercises (Typing Practice)

Typing Practice • 20 questions • 15 min

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When I arrived at midnight, Emma's desk lamp was still warm. She just before I got there — the screen was off but the chair was still pushed back.

must have worked
must have been working
should have been working
could have worked

Past Modals exercises online (Typing Practice)

Master advanced past modal verbs at C1 level — also known as perfect modals or modals in the past. Practise the difference between simple and continuous modal perfect structures (must have done vs must have been doing), passive perfect modal forms (should have been submitted, could have been prevented), and complex deduction chains requiring you to grade past probability across must have, may have, might have, and can't have. Includes would have, should have, could have, and needn't have in academic writing, formal reports, and real-world reasoning scenarios.