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  1. The grammar test was not a problem at all. It could/ can't have been easier, in fact.


  2. The meat is a bit burnt. You ought not to cook / You ought not to have cooked it for so long.


  3. It’s funny you should have bought the same dress as me. They are exactly the same.


  4. Keep your fingers crossed. The traffic warden could not have noticed/ may not have noticed that the car is parked on double yellow lines.


  5. They left only an hour ago. They could hardly have arrived yet.











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  1. The grammar test was not a problem at all. It could/ can't have been easier, in fact.


  2. The meat is a bit burnt. You ought not to cook / You ought not to have cooked it for so long.


  3. It’s funny you should have bought the same dress as me. They are exactly the same.


  4. Keep your fingers crossed. The traffic warden could not have noticed/ may not have noticed that the car is parked on double yellow lines.


  5. They left only an hour ago. They could hardly have arrived yet.











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  1. The grammar test was not a problem at all. It could/ can't have been easier, in fact.


  2. The meat is a bit burnt. You ought not to cook / You ought not to have cooked it for so long.


  3. It’s funny you should have bought the same dress as me. They are exactly the same.


  4. Keep your fingers crossed. The traffic warden could not have noticed/ may not have noticed that the car is parked on double yellow lines.


  5. They left only an hour ago. They could hardly have arrived yet.











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  2. The meat is a bit burnt. You ought not to cook / You ought not to have cooked it for so long.


  3. It’s funny you should have bought the same dress as me. They are exactly the same.


  4. Keep your fingers crossed. The traffic warden could not have noticed/ may not have noticed that the car is parked on double yellow lines.


  5. They left only an hour ago. They could hardly have arrived yet.








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