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3 Socıety

Grammar Modal verbs revision

A. Look at the modal verbs of speculation and likelihood in the table and answer the questions.

must
+ infinitive to talk about the present
may
could + be + verb+ing to talk about ongoing actions

might
+ have + past participle to talk about the past
can’t

1. Which modal verbs express the possibility of something?
2. Which modal verb phrases express certainty that something happened?
3. Can we use mustn’t with the same meaning as can’t?

B. Match the sentences.
1. Did you know our neighbours are moving to Italy? a. Poor thing. He must be homeless.
2. Did you see the way she always asked a friend what b. She might not be able to read.
the menu said? c. They’ve got six already, haven’t they?
3. Hassan’s suddenly said he’s not coming on the trip! d. I mean, it’s one of the most developed
4. It can’t be true that more than a quarter of people cities in the world.
in London are living in poverty! e. But I think they must have discriminated
5. Look at that man in the dirty clothes with all those against me because of my accent.
bags. f. I think he might have lost his job – he
6. Overpopulation could be one of the most serious said there were going to be cuts at
problems of our generation. work.
7. Surely they can’t be having another child! g. There might be better employment
8. They said I didn’t get the job because of a lack of opportunities there.
experience. h. It has an effect on so many things, like
rising unemployment.

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