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Unit 10
➢ Possessive
❖ Possessive Adjective
▪ my your our their his her its
❖ Possessive Pronounce
▪ mine yours ours theirs his hers (its)
➢ Compound Noun
❖ Some nouns consist of more than one word. These are compound nouns. The most common
way is to combine two nouns (noun + noun); other common types are adjective + noun and
verb + noun.

❖ There are three forms

1. Open Form
car park
2. Close Form
greenhouse
3. Hyphenated Form
son-in-law

Unit 11
➢ Probability in Present and Future
1. Must and Can’t express the logical conclusion of a situation.
Must = Logically probable
 He must be exhausted. He hasn’t slept for 24 hours.
Can’t = Logically improbable
 She can’t have a ten-year-old daughter! She is only 24!
2. May/Might/Could express probability in the Present or Future.
 He may be stuck in traffic
 He might be lost
 She could win lottery this week.
 I might not be able to come tonight.
 They may not know where we are.
***We don’t use Couldn’t in negative form, we use may not/might not
3. The continuous infinitive is formed with be + V.ing
 You must be joking.
 They can’t still be eating!
 Peter might be working late.
 They may be coming on a later train.
 I could be sitting on a beach right now.
➢ Probability in Past
❖ We use have + V3
 He must have been exhausted.
 She can’t have told him about us yet.
 The letter may have got lost in the post.
 He might have changed his mind.
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 They could have moved house.

❖ The continuous infinitive is formed with have + been + V.ing
 She must have been joking.
 They can’t have been trying very hard.
 He could have been lying to you.

➢ Expressing attitude

Read and listen to the conversation. Then click one of the 'Hide/Show' buttons. Complete the
conversation and then listen and check.

A: Have you heard about Sam?

B: No, I haven't.
A: Well, I haven't spoken to him myself, but, apparently, he was
caught cheating in his math exam.
B: No kidding! I can't believe that. Does he have a problem with
math?
A: No. Actually, math is his best subject.
B: Really? So why would he cheat? He doesn't need to.
A: Exactly. And anyway, Sam's not the type to cheat.
B: He must be very upset. Presumably, he's going to complain.
A: Yeah, he's seeing the principal this afternoon. Obviously, he's going to deny it completely.
Well, hopefully, the principal will believe him. Let me know what happens.
I will. Personally, I think he'll be OK.
I hope you're right. Cheers. See you later.
Yeah. Fingers crossed for Sam. Bye.

Unit 12
➢ Reporting Verb (said, told)
❖ The reporting verb form
 Present => Past
Ex: “I’m going.” => He said he was going.
 Present Perfect => Past Perfect
Ex: ‘She has passed her test’ => He told me she had passed her exam.
 Past => Past Perfect
‘My father died when I was six.’ => She said her father had died when she was six.
➢ Clichés
❖ Match the sentence beginnings and endings. Type the letter in the box.
1 B You learn something new A. again.
every

2 D It's not the end of the B. day.

3 C Only time will C. tell.

4 E Live and let D. world.

5 A You can say that E. live.

6 F Great minds think F. alike.