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    This document discusses different ways to make speculations about the present, future, and past using modal verbs. Specifically, it notes that "may, might, could" are used to speculate about present situations, while "must, may, might, could, can't, couldn't" plus "have been" plus a verb or verbing can be used to deduce or speculate about past events based on photos or other evidence. Examples are provided of using these constructions to speculate about photos.

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    This document discusses different ways to make speculations about the present, future, and past using modal verbs. Specifically, it notes that "may, might, could" are used to speculate about present situations, while "must, may, might, could, can't, couldn't" plus "have been" plus a verb or verbing can be used to deduce or speculate about past events based on photos or other evidence. Examples are provided of using these constructions to speculate about photos.

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    This document discusses different ways to make speculations about the present, future, and past using modal verbs. Specifically, it notes that "may, might, could" are used to speculate about present situations, while "must, may, might, could, can't, couldn't" plus "have been" plus a verb or verbing can be used to deduce or speculate about past events based on photos or other evidence. Examples are provided of using these constructions to speculate about photos.

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    SPECULATIONS ABOUT

    PRESENT,FUTURE AND PAST


    MUST,MAY,MIGHT, COULD, CAN’T
    MUST MAY,MIGHT,COULD CAN’T, COULDN’T
    SPECULATIONS ABOUT PRESENT
    • USE CAN,MAY,MIGHT, CAN’T+
    infinitive to speculate about
    present situations
    What about this one?
    And this one?
    Speculations about the past
    How many past deductions can you make
    about this photo?
    And this?
    • We can also make speculations about past
    using these verb forms

    MUST/MAY/MIGHT/COULD/CAN’T/COULDN’T+
    HAVE BEEN + V-ed
    MUST/MAY/MIGHT/COULD/CAN’T/COULDN’T+
    HAVE BEEN+V-ing
    Look at this

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