Matching Pairs Past modals of deductionOnline version Past modals of deduction by Elina Ihnatsiuk 1 Do you think Joe Bad was the kidnapper? 2 Sara was in an extremely bad mood yesterday. 3 Miss Jones is late for the meeting. 4 I haven’t seen the Smiths around recently. Have you? 5 They went on holiday to Australia. No, but they can’t have gone away. I saw a light on in their hall last night. Really? That must have been nice for them. No, he was in prison at the time so he couldn’t have done it. I know. She might not have been feeling well. She may have missed the bus this morning.