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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
He must be in his fifties. The speaker ...
is SURE the man is in his fifties
is NOT SURE the man is in his fifties
thinks it's IMPOSSIBLE for the man to be in his fifties
He can’t be younger than fifty. The speaker ...
has no idea how old the man is
is SURE the man is not younger than fifty
thinks it's POSSIBLE that the man is younger than 50
He could be in finance. The speaker ...
is SURE that the man works in finance
thinks it's POSSIBLE that the man works in finance
is sure the man is super rich!
He might just be a very good actor. The speaker ...
is SURE the man is a good actor
thinks the man is a celebrity because he looks like Mohamed Ramadan!
thinks it's POSSIBLE that the man is a good actor
The negative form of 'He might be a very good actor' is
(a)
What’s the short form of: 'He cannot be younger than that.'
(a)
What's the negative form of 'He could be in finance.'?
He couldn't be in finance
He might be in finance
He may /might not be in finance
There's no negative form
'He may play the piano as a hobby'. The speaker ...
thinks it's possible the man plays the piano as a hobby.
thinks the man surely plays the piano as a hobby
thinks the man has no sense of music!
In all these sentences, the speaker used the modal verbs to refer to things in the ______________
present
past
it is not clear
He - may/might/must/can't - be in his fifties.
The grammar rule for the modal verbs of deduction is:
Object + Modal verb + verb (infinitive) + ..
Subject + Modal verb + verb (p.p) + ..
Subject + Modal verb + verb (past) + ..
Subject + Modal verb + verb (infinitive) + ..
