EXERCISE – THE PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS MODALS

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate perfect or continuous modal.

1.	I don’t know why I threw out my old bicycle. I’m sure that with a little bit of patience and work I ___________________________ it.	(repair)
2.	My teenage son has been acting very strangely lately. I think he ___________________________ drugs.	(take)
3.	Why did I marry that woman? I __________________________ she would end up leaving me for another man.	(know)
4.	Look at him – he’s turning blue. We’d better do something - he _____________________________.	(suffocate)
5.	We ____________________________ the water before we went away for the winter. Unfortunately, we didn’t… and when we returned, the pipes had exploded…	(turn off)
6.	I don’t know what happened exactly, but they ______________________________ a terrible fight, because after that day, they never spoke to each other again.	(have)
7.	I didn’t intend to, but think I _________________________ him by making that comment about his nose….	(insult)
8.	It was only after it was too late and I had passed the highway exit that I realized I _____________________________.	(turn)
9.	He seems happier and the doctor says his condition __________________________ , but it is too early to tell for sure.	(improve)
10.	He____________________________ by now; I wonder why he is taking so long.	(return)