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- 1MODAL VERBS OF PROBABILITYModal auxiliary verbs can express ability, obligation, permission, and request. They can also express probability, or how certain a situation is.
- 2PROBABILITY IN THE PRESENT AND FUTURE1.- Must and can't express the logical conclusion of a situation.
must= logically probable
can't= logically improbable
"He must be exhausted"
"They can't be out this late"
- 32.- May/might/could express probability present or future. May/might + not is the negative. "He might be lost" "They may not know where we are" "You could win"3.- The continuous infinitive is formed with be + ing.
"They can't still be eating"
"You must be joking" - 4ASKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIESTo ask about possibility/probability we usually use Do you think . . . ?
"Do you think she is married?"
"Where do you think he is from?"
- 5PROBABILITY IN THE PAST1.- The perfect infinitive formed with have + past participle
"He must have caught a later train"
- 62.- This forms express degrees of probability in the past. "The letter may have got lost in the post" "She can't have told him about us yet"3.- The continuos infinitive is formed with have + been + ing
"He could have been lying to you"
"They can't have been trying very hard"
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