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Flashcards by Ana Jiménez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ana Jiménez
about 4 years ago
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| Modal auxiliary verbs can express: ability, obligation, permission, request, probability or how certain a situation is |
And the first one is:
PROBABILITY IN THE PRESENT AND FUTURE
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There (binary/octet-stream)
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Must= Logically probable= He MUST be exhausted. He hasn´t slept for 24 hours!
Can't= Logically improbable= She can't have ten-year-old daughter! She's only 24!
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Mbc (binary/octet-stream)
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Might= He MIGHT be lost
May= They MAY be stuck in traffic
COULD= You COULD win the lottery this week. Who knows!
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Mmm (binary/octet-stream)
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*Couldn't RARELY is used in this context.
Might not= I MIGHT NOT to be able to come tonight.
May not= They MAY NOT know where we are.
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Mmnneg (binary/octet-stream)
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Must= You MUST BE jokING.
Can't= They CAN'T still BE eatING.
Might= Peter MIGHT BE workING late.
May= They MAY BE comING on a later train.
Could= I COULD BE sittING on a beach right now.
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Bing (binary/octet-stream)
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The second one is:
ASKING ABOUT POSIBILITIES.
Do you think= DO YOU THINK she's married?
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Dyta (binary/octet-stream)
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And the last one is:
PROBABILITY IN THE PAST
Have + pp= He must HAVE CAUGHT a later train.
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Hpp (binary/octet-stream)
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Must/can't/may/might/could + have + pp
Must+have+pp= He MUST HAVE BEEN exhausted
Can't+have+pp= She CAN'T HAVE TOLD him about us yet
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Dopp (binary/octet-stream)
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Must/can't/may/might/could + have + been + ing
Must+have+been+ing= She MUST HAVE BEEN jokING
Can't+have+been+ing= They CAN'T HAVE BEEN tryING very hard
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Hpi (binary/octet-stream)
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