Past Modals (Advanced 2)

You must have spent a lot of time in England because you have a British accent.

• making a strong suggestion in the past

• making a conclusion about past events

• expressing a possibility in the past

I shouldn't have eaten the whole cake. I feel sick!

• expressing an improbility in the past.

• expressing a possibility in the past

• expressing regret about a past action that was taken

I could have cooked something for dinner, but we decided to go out for pizza.

• making a conclusion about past events

• expressing a possibility in the past

• expressing an improbability in the past

Jessica might have forgotten that we have a meeting now.

• talking about a possible explanation/guess

• making a strong suggestion in the past

• expressing possibility in the past

I would have helped you with your computer, but you didn't ask.

• expressing willingness in the past

• talking about a possible explanation

• making a strong suggestion in the past

Frank couldn't have written this report all by himself. It's 200 pages!

• expressing possibility in the past

• expressing impossibility in the past

• making a conclusion about past events

You should have called me on my cell phone instead of keeping me waiting.

• expressing regret about a past action that was taken

• talking about a possible explanation

• making a strong suggestion in the past

You ________ gone with him. You didn't have anything else to do.

• must have

• would have

• should have

I ________ taken advantage of the flight deal if I had known about it sooner.

• couldn't have

• must have

• would have

I _________ been sleeping when you stopped by because I didn't hear the doorbell.

• must have

• could have

• should