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Your mother _____ be a great cook. You are always so keen to get back home to eat!
MUST
I don't know why I am so tired these days. I ____ be working too hard. Or maybe I am not sleeping too well.
MIGHT
Do you know where Carl is? He ______ be out - his car keys are on the table.
CAN'T
Oh, the phone is ringing. Answer it. It _____ be Kate. She always rings at this time.
MUST
Sarah looked very happy. She _____ passed her driving test.
MUST HAVE
You ______ been ill yesterday. Jessie saw you at the bowling alley.
CAN'T HAVE
I don't know where they went but they __________ gone to Paris or Marseille.
MIGHT HAVE
The window was broken, so the thieves ______ got in through that window.
MUST HAVE
He ______ gone to the beach. He hates being in the sun.
CAN'T HAVE
They ___ been at the cafe but I didn't see them.
MIGHT HAVE
John ___ been very happy when he found out he was going to be a father. He's wanted this for a long time.
MUST HAVE
That ___ be Danny. He said he was going abroad this week.
CAN'T
I'm leaving work now but I ___ be a little late if there's traffic on the road.
MIGHT
You ___ know Peter because he went to the same school that we went to but he is a few years younger than we are.
MIGHT
I'm sorry, you ___ be confusing me with someone else, that's not my name.
MUST
Tom _______ be working today - I just saw him at the gym
CAN'T
