1. EXPRESSING SPECULATION AND DEDUCTION
UNIT 3A

2. MODAL VERBS MUST,MAY, MIGHT,CAN´T, SHOULD
MUST 100% sure about sth is true
Present: She must be ill since she hasn´t come to work
Past: She must have lost at least 10 kgs. She looks much slimmer now

3. MODAL VERBS CAN´T IMPOSSIBLE
Present: You can´t be serious. You can´t be earning so much money for doing nothing
Past: He can´t have got the promotion. He´s a total mess at work

4. MODAL VERBS MAY/MIGHT/COULD Possibly true
Present: He might arrive early. Most of the times he is anyway
Past: She may have overheard us. That´s the reason why she is so upset

5. MODAL VERBS SHOULD ….the speaker expects something to happen
Present: He should be here by five. That´s what he told me on the phone
Past: He should have gone for the navy blue. It suits him better

6. ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS Adjectives: bound/sure to, likely/unlikely to.
She is bound/sure to succeed. She is so talented
Likely/unlikely
Two options:
John is likely to die in short. The chemo is too aggressive
It is likely that John will die in short…..

7. ADVERBS PROBABLY/DEFINITELY.
Position: Before the main verb and after the auxiliary in aff
Ex: Lucy is definitely coming to the baby shower
Position: Before the aux.in neg. Sentences
Ex: He probably won´t accept your apologies

8. ADVERBS/VERB TO BE POSITION: After the verb in aff. Sentences
He´s probably gay. Otherwise he would fancy me
Position: Before the verb in neg. Sentences
He definitely isn´t straight. Otherwise he would like me