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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
 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
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
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
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…..
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
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