Answer Key

Exercise

Fill in the missing words...
  1. Jack wasn't  [able to] explain why it happened.
  2.  [should] have gone home. I know. Why didn't I go home?
  3. Jenny  [shouldn't, should not] have left so early. That was a big mistake.
  4. They should  [have] finished before midnight.
  5. The secretary was  [allowed] to make some decisions for the department.
  6.  [Were] you allowed to enter the house after the police left?
  7. I shouldn't  [have] come so late.
  8. John isn't able  [to] do two things at the same time.
  9. Nobody  [was] allowed to move. The terrorist threatened to start shooting.
  10.  [Were] they able to find out what the problem was?