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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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- Homework: finish this exercise (4, 5, 6, 7)
- 4 a must
- b may/might/could
- c may/might/could
- d couldn’t/can’t
- e must not
- 5 a must
- b couldn’t
- c should
- d may/might/could
- 6 a must not
- b must
- 7 a should (“I know he’ll find a good position” = I don’t expect him to have trouble)
- b may/might/could
- c must not
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- To make speculation and inferences about the past, use the perfect form after the modal:
- He has a wet umbrella, so it must be raining outside. (present)
- He had a wet umbrella, so it must have been raining outside. (past)
- I don’t know why she’s absent. She might be sick today. (present)
- I don’t know why she was absent. She might have been sick yesterday. (past)
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- p. 265 exercise 8 - Complete these with appropriate modals for past speculation
- 1 a can’t have been / couldn’t have been (He doesn’t have a phone, so this is impossible.)
- b may/might/could have been (This is a possibility, but the speaker thinks it’s unlikely.)
- c must have been
- 4 a couldn’t have disappeared
- b should have been
- c may/might/could have been
- d must have left (This is the final conclusion, so it’s what we’re most sure about.)
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- Old Things handout - With your group, speculate about what each object might have been used for. Use correct modals for past speculation. Try to agree on an answer for each one.
- 1 This was a pillow.
- 2 It could have been to arrest people.
- It might have been a bracelet.
- It may have been a stirrup for riding a horse.
- It was a brooch or clasp to hold clothes together.
- 3 These could have been fans.
- They might have been for shaving.
- They could have been a mirror.
- The one on the left was a razor and the one on the right was a mirror.
- 4 They could have been masks.
- They might have been used to hold knives.
- They were snow goggles.
- 5 It was a map.
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