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Modal Verbs Certainty and Possibility

The document discusses modal verbs and their use in rewriting sentences with uncertainty or possibility. It provides 10 examples of rewriting italicized sentences using modal verbs like "might", "may", "could", "must", or "can't". It also includes a paragraph about risk-taking with 5 sentences where the reader must circle the correct modal verb.

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Modal Verbs Certainty and Possibility

The document discusses modal verbs and their use in rewriting sentences with uncertainty or possibility. It provides 10 examples of rewriting italicized sentences using modal verbs like "might", "may", "could", "must", or "can't". It also includes a paragraph about risk-taking with 5 sentences where the reader must circle the correct modal verb.

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Modal verbs: certainty and possibility

Rewrite the sentences in italics using a modal verb: might, may, could, must or can't.
1. Ryan is behaving very strangely. I'm sure he's in love.
= He______________ in love.
2. Deborah is looking a bit tired. Perhaps she's working too hard.
= She ______________
3. He never goes on holiday. I don't suppose he earns much.
= He______________
4. She is studying full-time and she has a job in a restaurant. I imagine that's very hard.
= That ______________.
5. That's definitely not her grandfather. He's far too young.
= That ______________.
6. He's just bought a new car and a yacht. He obviously sold his business for a lot of money.
= He ______________.
7. Andy and Sarah aren't speaking to each other. I don't believe they've had another argument.
= They ______________ another argument.
8. You seem very familiar. Perhaps we've met before.
= We ______________
9. She says she doesn't want to have children. I'm sure she didn't have a happy childhood.
= She ______________a happy childhood.
10. I don't know why she didn't tell me she'd left her job. It's possible she thought I would be angry.
= She______________.
Read the paragraph about risk-taking. Circle the correct modal in each sentence.
Psychologists believe that taking risks has always been part of human nature. For early humans, risktaking (1) must / can't have been part of every-day life. Psychologists think that early human risk takers
(2) may I can't have been more likely to explore new places, possibly finding a new source of water or
food. Such individuals (3) can't I might also have risked doing things differently, such as using a new kind
of weapon or animal trap. These acts (4) must I mustn't have given the risk taker a great sense of
achievement, but (5) can't I could also have profoundly benefited his or her group by improving their lives
in some way.

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