Complete the following modals exercise with past modal verbs. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Choose between affirmative and negative.

2. Don't be so hard on yourself. It (may / be) your fault. It just (could / be) a more difficult test

than usual.

3. No, it (could / be) that difficult. The rest of the class did pretty well. I (should / study) harder.

4. What you (could / do) differently?

5. Well, for one thing, I (should / miss) that day of class.

6. You missed a day? Did you get the notes?


7. No, I (ought to / copy) them. Some of the problems which I got wrong (must / come) from that day.

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