Modal verbs of certainty

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Modal verbs of certainty

You ... be exhausted after your long trip. Come in and have a drink.

1. might
2. could
3. must
4. will

He ... have taken your car keys. He hasn't even left the house

1. can't
2. will
3. might
4. could

I won't go out this afternoon because the weather forecast is not very good, and I ... get wet.

1. might
2. could
3. will
4. can

I ... have left my wallet in the car. I can't find it anywhere.

1. might
2. may
3. can't
4. must

That ... be Jake. It's impossible. He said he was going to Spain.

1. won't
2. will
3. may
4. can't

You ... step into the headmaster's office without permission.

1. can't
2. couldn't
3. mustn't
4. may not

Tell your sister she... stay the night here if she wants to.

1. must
2. can
3. might
4. may

You ... see the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre when you go to Paris.

1. could
2. may
3. must
4. can't

When I was younger, I ... run very fast.

1. will
2. can
3. may
4. could

Don't leave your window open at night. Someone ... climb in.

1. might
2. may
3. will
4. could

Brenda ... be over thirty. She graduated a year after me and I'm only 26.

1. can't
2. may not
3. couldn't
4. won't

She ... have got lost. Otherwise she'd be here by now.

1. might
2. could
3. must
4. must

You must be more careful. You ... have been killed crossing the street without looking.

1. could
2. will
3. might
4. must

The modal verbs of certainty in songs! 

.... you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
.... you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?
I know you ...., I know you ...., I know that you ....
.... you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?

1. could
2. will
3. may
4. might

You said it was true love, but wouldn't that be hard? You .... love anyone, 'cause that would mean you had a heart.

1. may not
2. mustn't
3. won't
4. can't

Yeah, today I drove through the suburbs 'cause how .... I ever love someone else?

1. might
2. must
3. could
4. will

'Cause I, 'cause I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don't know how to feel
But someday I ....
Someday I ....

1. might
2. could
3. will
4. may

One night, a few moons ago, I
Saw flecks of what .... have been lights
But it .... just have been you
Passing by unbeknownst to me

1. might / might
2. could / could
3. could / might
4. might/ could

My heart .... be burnin', but you .... see it on my face

1. might / can't
2. could / won't
3. will / can't
4. could / can't

Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
And if I bleed, you ... be the last to know.

1. will
2. may
3. might
4. must

I just want you for my own
More than you .... ever know

1. can
2. may
3. might
4. could