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should have / could have / needn't have: a free grammar game

14 questions, easiest first. For a class on the wall, or alone.

Tom ______ to work, but he took the car as usual.
Acould cycled
Bcould have cycled
Ccould has cycled
Dcould have cycle
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14 questionsA2 to B2easiest first
Three of the questions
I ______ have printed the tickets — the gate staff just scanned my phone.needn't
The factory ______ (should / carry out) tests before it released the waste into the stream.should have carried out
I cooked lots of food, but only two friends came. I ______ so much.needn't have made
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