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On a cold winter night you hear a loud shrieking noise at repeated intervals. What might have caused this?
Write down your ideas using the pattern below.

it

might

could

must

have been

the owl hooting

a ghost____________

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  1. It might have been some accident in which the survivors might have been shrieking for help.
  2. It could have been some helpless woman being tortured by a drunk husband.
  3. It must have been someone crying for help at being tortured by the bullies.
  4. It might have been an evil spirit shrieking at being dealt with by a black magic practitioner.
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