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Diamond Necklace

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The Diamond Necklace  Listen to the story fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Detective Sandra Lewis came to the Gilded Palace Hotel to solve a ________. A special diamond necklace was ________, and it was last seen ________ a fancy party the night before. The owner, Mrs. Abigail Kensington, was very ________ and wanted answers. Detective Lewis talked to the hotel ________ and guests to find out more. Mr. James Cooper, the ________ of security, said the security cameras stopped working ________ at 9 PM. The necklace was last seen ________ this time, when Mrs. Kensington was wearing it at the party. A young hotel worker, Harry, said he saw someone ________ in the back hallways around 9:30 PM, but it was too dark to see clearly. Mrs. Kensington’s assistant, Clara, ________ that the necklace was supposed to be locked in the hotel safe ________. She had been busy with other ________ and asked Mr. Cooper to help, but Mr. Cooper did not follow up with Clara to ________ if it had ...

Perfect Modals

Perfect modals in English are used to express certainty, possibility, necessity, or speculative statements about the past. Here are the various perfect modals and how to use each: 1. ** Must have + past participle**: Suggests a strong probability or logical assumption about an action in the past.    - Example: He must have left the office; his car is not in the parking lot. 2. ** Might/Could have + past participle**: Indicates a possibility in the past, often one of several possibilities.    - Example: She might have taken the earlier train. 3. ** Should have + past participle**: Expresses an expected or recommended action that did not occur in the past.    - Example: They should have arrived by now, I'm worried they got lost. 4. ** May have + past participle**: Implies that an action possibly occurred, but there is still some uncertainty. It’s less certain than "must have."    - Example: He may have forgotten our meeting today. 5. ** Would ha...