o | O9| Expressing Possibility (May, Might, Could) — Making Deductions (Must, Can’t) - Did you know that Matthew is back from New York? — | = No, he can't be buck. L saw his futher the other day at — | the supermarket. He told me that he was having a great | time with his uncle and that he'd stay there for at least ‘ane more week You must be kidding, Fred. I'm sure I saw him on a mororeycle yesterday. | - Oh, Mike. You may be wrong. Expressing possibility (may - might - could) be Examples + could / may / might + base form express possiblity in the He could /may / might be ar home now. present or future ‘+s may not / might not + base form express the possibility We may not / might not go to a restaurant tonight. that something will not happen in the present or future. Making Deductions (must - can’t) ise Fxamples + must + base form expresses certainty that something His parents must be at work now. ‘rue, + can’t + base form expresses belief that something You can’t be serious. is impossible ES | Grammar Practice A Circle the correct answer. 1. Carol was very tired when she came back home. She ean’t / may be sleeping now 2. Alex is a careless driver. He might not / could have a serious accident some day. 3. Be more carefull, Tamara, You might / may not break Mum’s favourite vase 4, Paul has some studying w du, sv be © with Teddy. ddd. yo / may not go fish 5. Don’t go near that angry monkey. Jessica. It may not / could attack you. 6. I might / couldn't invite them to sce the new house, but I haven't decided yet.aaa ee B Make sentences using must / can’t and the prompts given. 1, Cindy got a very good mark on the exam. De/very happy 2, Laura was bom in Poland. speak/Polish/fluently 3. You have just had lunch. befhungry/agai 4, Alfred isn’t at home right now. belwork 5. They look exactly the same. be/twins 6. I've just seen Lawrence at the bank. belin Denmark C Complete the short dialogues choosing the correct answer. 1. Az Do you think that woman sitting over there might / must be Mary's mother? She looks exactly like her B:That woman could / can’t be Mary's mother. She's no more than 25 years old. But she can / could be her sister, 2, Az Don't let little Ricky play with the scissors, Kate. He may / must cut himself B: Sorry, Mum, He's usnally very careful, but I guess you're right. He ean’t / could easily hurt himself. . A: Do you know that Rob has taken up parachuting? B:What? You can’t / must be serious. Everybody knows that Rob is afraid of heights. You can / may be mistaken, Oscar, D Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. You must use between two and five words including the word given. 1, I'm sure they haven't made an appointment with him yet. can't They an appointment with him yet. 2. There's a possibility that Mike will meet the manager after his meeting. might Mike after his meeting. 3. Adam hasn’t eaten all day, so I'm sure he is very hungry. must Adam as he hasn’t eaten all day. 4. It's possible that the mechanic will fix our car tomorrow. may The mechanic tomorrow. ‘5. I'm sure Julfa is a great cook because she won a cooking competition yesterday. because she won a cooking competition yesterday must I 6. I'm sure you haven't tasted a coconut tart like that, can't You a coconut tart like that.