B2 Speaking: Past modals 🗣️

🎙️ Speaking Prompts (15 Exercises)

• 1. You saw your teacher leave school early. What do you think happened?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal must have / might have / could have match the meaning (guess)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 2. Your friend didn't reply to your message last night. Make two guesses.
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal must have / might have / could have match the meaning (guess)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 3. Think about a goal you didn't reach last year. What advice would you give your past self?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal should have / could have match the meaning (advice/regret)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 4. Imagine a different result for an exam you took. What could have changed it?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal could have / would have match the meaning (imaginary result)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 5. You heard a loud noise in your house at 3 AM. What must have caused it?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal must have / might have match the meaning (guess/strong deduction)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 6. Describe a decision you regret. What should you have done differently?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal should have match the meaning (regret/advice)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 7. Your group project was stressful. What could have improved the experience?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal could have / should have match the meaning (different possibility)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 8. Invent a reason why someone arrived late to class.
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal must have / might have / could have match the meaning (guess)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 9. Describe something you planned to do, but didn't. Use would have.
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal would have match the meaning (unfulfilled intention)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 10. Look at the past week. Say one good choice you made and one you might have changed.
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal might have / should have match the meaning (possibility / regret)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 11. Your phone battery died while you were hiking. What must have happened if you hadn't brought a map?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal must have / could have / would have match the meaning (strong deduction/hypothetical)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 12. Your friend is very successful now, but used to struggle in school. What might have been the turning point?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal might have / could have match the meaning (guess/possibility)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 13. Describe a time you were very worried about something that turned out to be fine. What should you have told yourself?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal should have / could have match the meaning (advice/regret)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 14. You saw an old classmate in a famous movie, but their name wasn't in the credits. What could have been their role?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal could have / might have match the meaning (guess/possibility)? Enter Score (1-4):
• 15. Imagine you missed your train by one minute. What would you have done differently that morning?
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  Checklist for your answer (Score 1-4):

  Did I use the form modal + have + past participle correctly? Did the modal would have / could have / should have match the meaning (hypothetical/regret)? Enter Score (1-4):