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Karteikarten von Tania Hernández, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Tania Hernández
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| Frage | Antworten |
| WHAT CAN MODAL VERBS OF PROBABILITY EXPRESS? OR BEEN USED FOR? | Express: ability, obligation, permission or request. Probability, or how certain a situation is. |
| MUST | Logically probable |
| CAN'T | Logically improbable |
| We don't have all the facts so we're not absolutely sure, but we're pretty certain. | - He must be exhausted. He hasn't slept for 24 hours! - Sue can't have a ten year old daughter! She is only 24! |
| May/Might/Could express probability in present or future +Negative (couldn't is not so common) | - He might be lost - They may be stuck in traffic - You could win the lottery this week, who knows?! - I might not be able to come tonight. I might have to work late. |
| Continous infinitive is formed with BE + ING. | - You must be joking! - They can't still be eating! - I could be sitting on a beach right now |
| Asking | Do you think...? is the common way to ask about possibilities. |
| Probability in past Perfect infinitive | have + past participle - He must have caught a later train. - They might have lost our phone number. |
| How to express degrees of posibility in past | - must have been - can't have told - may have got - could have moved |
| continuous infinitive | have + been + ing - She must have been joking! - He could have been lying to you. |
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