certainty and uncertainty

Choose three photographs for notice board.

Be ready to explain why you choose these photographs.

1. You are going to read about some teachers deciding which photographs to use on their notice board.

2. Which photograph is each teacher talking about? Read again.

Lydia: This one would be good. They must be working on a poster for a project, they’re working together, and it shows they can work in groups organizing themselves without the teacher always there, though the problem is they could be in any subject I suppose, not necessarily English!

Martin: I’m not sure about this one. They can’t be using much English together, they’re all in separate desks, it looks as if they are correcting a worksheet together. I know it’s useful for them, but as a picture it doesn’t really show them using English, does it? Kyle I’d go for this one. I think we should use the one with the computers in it, it points to the future, they could be doing anything there – projects, info gaps with another group, a pron activity, group writing, a web quest.

Magda: This one is good too. The teacher looks like she’s asking questions, The children look really enthusiastic; they really want to answer. They might be checking homework, or doing a team quiz, or giving ideas for a brainstorm. They must like the activity a lot, they look so enthusiastic! That’s what we want, really!

Why did the teachers in the audio use the underlined words to talk about the photographs?

1. ‘I like this one, they must be working on a poster for a project.

2. ‘They could be doing anything there: projects, info gaps with another group, a pron activity.

3. ‘They can’t be using much English together, they’re all in separate desks.’

Why did the teachers in the audio use the underlined words to talk about the photographs?

4. ‘They could be in any subject I suppose, not necessarily English!’

5. ‘They might be checking homework, or doing a team quiz, or giving ideas for a brainstorm.

6. ‘They must like the activity a lot, they look so enthusiastic.’

choose the correct verb

• She might know the answer

• She can't know the answer.

choose the correct verb

• She can't be using English

• She could be using English

Choose the correct answer

• She must like the book.

• She can't like the book.

Choose the correct Answer

• They must be eight years old.

• They can't be about eight years old.

Choose the correct answer

• He must find Math difficult

• He might find Math difficult

Choose the correct answer

• They could be in a geography lesson.

• They might be in a geography lesson