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EXPRESSING SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION

EXPRESSING SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION. UNIT 3A. MODAL VERBS. MUST,MAY, MIGHT,CAN´T, SHOULD MUST 100% sure about sth is true Present: She must be ill since she hasn´t come to work Past: She must have lost at least 10 kgs. She looks much slimmer now. MODAL VERBS. CAN´T IMPOSSIBLE

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EXPRESSING SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION

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  1. EXPRESSING SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION UNIT 3A

  2. MODAL VERBS • MUST,MAY, MIGHT,CAN´T, SHOULD • MUST 100% sure about sth is true • Present: She must be ill since she hasn´t come to work • Past: She must have lost at least 10 kgs. She looks much slimmer now

  3. MODAL VERBS • CAN´T IMPOSSIBLE • Present: You can´t be serious. You can´t be earning so much money for doing nothing • Past: He can´t have got the promotion. He´s a total mess at work

  4. MODAL VERBS • MAY/MIGHT/COULD • Possibly true • Present: He might arrive early. Most of the times he is anyway • Past: She may have overheard us. That´s the reason why she is so upset

  5. MODAL VERBS • SHOULD ….the speaker expects something to happen • Present: He should be here by five. That´s what he told me on the phone • Past: He should have gone for the navy blue. It suits him better

  6. ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS • Adjectives: bound/sure to, likely/unlikely to. • She is bound/sure to succeed. She is so talented • Likely/unlikely • Two options: • John is likely to die in short. The chemo is too aggressive • It is likely that John will die in short…..

  7. ADVERBS • PROBABLY/DEFINITELY. • Position: Before the main verb and after the auxiliary in aff • Ex: Lucy is definitely coming to the baby shower • Position: Before the aux.in neg. Sentences • Ex: He probably won´t accept your apologies

  8. ADVERBS/VERB TO BE • POSITION: After the verb in aff. Sentences • He´s probably gay. Otherwise he would fancy me • Position: Before the verb in neg. Sentences • He definitely isn´t straight. Otherwise he would like me

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