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She _________ in decorating the room before we arrived.

SUCCEEDED

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I ___________ have been more relieved when I heard she was OK.

COULDN'T

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This book _________ be used by beginners.

CAN - CAN'T

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When she was a child she ____________ read for hours.

COULD

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There was a black out this morning but I ____________ hand in the assignment.

WAS ABLE TO - MANAGED TO

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High-tech phones ________ be very expensive.

CAN

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This book _________ be the one mentioned by the teacher.

MAY - MIGHT - COULD

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This __________ be the place, look at the photo on the map!

MUST - HAS TO

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She _________ be working at the moment, it's half past six!

CAN'T

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They left on time so they ___________ be arriving now (present expectation)

SHOULD - OUGHT TO

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Something is not OK, they __________ have arrived hours ago.

SHOULD - OUGHT TO

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I _________ really try to sleep better.

SHOULD - OUGHT TO

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It's difficult to _________ listen to her nonsense and say nothing.

HAVE TO

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You __________ pay to visit some museums in Buenos Aires, they are free!

DON'T HAVE TO - DON'T NEED TO

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I really __________ be going, I'm meeting my mum in ten minutes!

NEED TO - MUST - HAVE TO

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The floors were all flooded so we ________ to leave the building.

HAD

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