Choose the modal verb that best completes the sentence.

Lisa, you ________ have forgotten to put away your shoes because I tripped over them.
A. would
B. must
C. will
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In the given sentence, must is accompanied by “have,” and is used to form conjecture—an opinion about an action. The speaker is expressing a strong probability of a past action—of forgetting—or a conjecture about what happened.

Lisa, you must have forgotten to put away your shoes, because I tripped over them.

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