B2 · Upper-intermediate Modal verbs · Deduction past

Modal perfects (must/might/can't have)

Estimated study time: about 47 minutes

Meaning and purpose

Deduction and speculation about the past

Examples

She must have left already.

Correct versus incorrect

Correct

She must have left already.

Incorrect example

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Common misconception

Form (must of); meaning distinctions

Practice and review

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