The Passive Perfect Modals Exercise 1

Instructions: Fill in the blanks with passive perfect modals using should/must/might.

1. The computer in my office still has not been fixed. It (fix) __________________________ yesterday.

2. Honey, the room is clean. The room (clean) ___________________________ by hotel staff while we were out sightseeing.

3. You haven't done your homework yet? It (do) _________________________ last night.

4. Janet: The pool party was supposed to have started half an hour, but there is no one here. What's going on?

   Sylvia: I don't know. The pool party (postpone)____________________. Let's call Peter. Maybe he knows.

5. Three of the soldiers have not reported in for duty. No one knows what happened to them. The soldiers (capture) _________________________ by the enemy.

6. Maurice has not received the box of novels from Amazon yet. It (deliver) ____________________ three days ago.

7. When we got to the classroom this morning, both of the windows were broken. It is not clear what happened. The windows (break) _____________________ by vandals.

8. After the nurse gave the patient medicine, he got very sick. The patient (give) ______________________________ the wrong medication or the wrong dose of the medication.

9. The neighbors heard Mr. and Mrs. James quarreling last night. This morning Mr. James' body was found in the living room with five gun shot wounds to the head and Mrs. James has disappeared. Mr. James (shoot) __________________________ by his wife, but that is just one possibility. The police investigation is ongoing.

10. Jackie got a bouquet of roses, but there was no name on the card. She does not have a boyfriend or a husband. The roses (send) _________________________ by a secret admirer.