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Intermediate level
Modal Verbs of Speculation
TYPE
USE
1
to express possibilities for the future
2
to express certainty
3
for possible explanations
Check through the different uses.
Look at the following phrases and write in which type you think they are. Then use one of the modal verbs
in brackets to fill the gaps.
1 _______ They (may/must)________________ be away for the weekend but I'm not sure.
2 _______ He (can/could)________________ be French, judging by his accent.
3 _______ They (can't/may)________________ still be out!
4 _______ With luck, tomorrow (can't/could)________________ be a sunny day.
5 _______ You (can/might)________________ be right but I'm going to check anyway.
6 _______ The exam (can't/might)________________ be easy. You never know.
7 _______ It (may/can't)________________ be true about a sauropod dinosaur living in Lake
Telé in the Congo. It's impossible.
8 _______ Dave reckons she's from The States but I think she
(can't/might)________________ be from Scandinavia.