Flipped classroom B2+ Unit

Modal verbs – speculation, deduction, 3 Tick (✓) what Dave thinks some accidents might be
possibility and probability caused by.
a mobile phones c bad drivers
  Part 1: Video preparation b bad road signs
1 2 4 What does Dave think the people who wrote the last
sign aren’t good at? 

2 Use the video explanation to complete the rules.

can’t  • ​could  • ​may  • ​might  • ​must

a 90% certain it’s true:

b 50% certain it’s true:

1 Do you remember the listening activity from
Developing speaking on page 25 of your
Student’s Book? Look at the photos. Where does
the speaker think the accidents happened? Name
two places for each one.
Photo 1:
Photo 2:
2 Answer the questions.
1 Why couldn’t the driver in photo 1 move the car?
c 90% certain it isn’t true:
3 Match the rules (a–c) from 2 with the sentences.
Then write past or present.
1 He can’t have known what he was doing.
2 This must be a scary place to cycle. 
3 The accident may well have been easy to prevent.

2 What object may be the cause of the accident in
photo 2?
3 Which of the two accidents does the speaker think is
more likely to happen?
4 The car on the right must have hit the other car from
behind. 
5 Some of them might be caused by bad road signs.

4 Does the speaker think the main cause of the 4 Use the video explanation to complete the rules.
accidents was the driver or someone/something
1 We use the modal verbs (must, could, etc ...) +
else?
+ to talk about
past speculation and deduction.
3 Complete the sentences.
2 We use the word after the modal
1 He u how difficult it would be to drive verb to mean that you think there is a
across the desert. of something being true.
2 It is easy to be d by other people
talking to you when you’re driving.   Part 3: Grammar practice
3 Often accidents are easy to p .
Rewrite the sentences using no more than
4 Lewis has just passed his driving test, so he’s five words.
i .
1 I’m sure it’s great fun to drive a Lamborghini.
  Part 2: Video comprehension to drive a Lamborghini.
Watch the video as many times as necessary and do 2 He’s been driving for 15 years so it’s impossible he’s
the exercises. inexperienced.
1 Answer the questions. He’s been driving for 15 years so
1 W
 hat do we make when we are not 100% certain .
about the answer?  and 3 I’m sure Sophie has gone to work. Her bag isn’t here.
2 Read the sentence from the video presentation. Sophie . Her bag isn’t here.
Circle the words which can replace could without
4 It’s possible that the bird was an eagle, but it was
changing the meaning.
difficult to see in the dark.
The driver on the right could be an inexperienced
That bird , but it was difficult
driver. can’t/may/might/must/mustn’t
to see in the dark.

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