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sentence.\u003Cbr>1) Before she turned five, my sister (could / must / shall) read short chapter books. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) When Thomas Edison was young, he (could / may / must) already build simple machines. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) A cheetah (can / will / should) run up to seventy miles per hour. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) Some birds (may / can / should) mimic human speech after hearing it many times. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) Elephants (can / shall / must) remember places they visited many years ago. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) Before the invention of cars, some horses (would / could / shall) gallop thirty miles without stopping. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) An octopus (shall / can / would) change its color to blend in with its surroundings. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) \"I (must / can / shall) touch my toes without bending my knees,\" Mia announced. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) \"My dad (must / may / can) juggle five balls at the same time,\" Leo bragged. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) Early submarines (must / shall / could) only stay underwater for a few hours at a time. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) A GPS device (can / might / should) pinpoint your exact location on a map. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) Even as a toddler, Mozart (may / could / shall) play melodies on the piano. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) Ancient Egyptians (might / should / could) calculate the area of a triangle thousands of years ago. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) \"When I was little, I (must / should / could) climb to the top of any tree in the 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