certainty and uncertainty

Choose three photographs for notice board.

Be ready to explain why you choose these photographs.

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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!

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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.’

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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.’

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choose the correct verb

• She might know the answer

• She can't know the answer.

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• She can't be using English

• She could be using English

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• She must like the book.

• She can't like the book.

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• They must be eight years old.

• They can't be about eight years old.

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• He must find Math difficult

• He might find Math difficult

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• They could be in a geography lesson.

• They might be in a geography lesson