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Material Adicional Idiomas: Inglés

Modal verbs: probability & suggestions A focus on which (and why) verbs we use to express different degrees of probability Source: http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blmodalprob.htm. Material Adicional Idiomas: Inglés. Modal Verbs: Probability & Suggestion

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Material Adicional Idiomas: Inglés

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  1. Modal verbs: probability & suggestions • A focus on which (and why) verbs we use to express different degrees of probability • Source: • http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blmodalprob.htm Material Adicional Idiomas: Inglés

  2. Modal Verbs: Probability & Suggestion - A focus on which (and why) verbs we use to express different degrees of probability Listed below are examples and uses of modal verbs of probability. Modal verbs of probability are used to express an opinion of the speaker based on information that the speaker has. Example: He must be at work, it's 10 o'clock. In this case, the speaker is 100 % sure that the person is at work based on the speaker's knowledge that the person in question usually works at during the day. 1. Examples They must be in Spain by now. She must have done well on the test. Usage Use 'must' plus the verb when you are 100% (or almost 100%) sure that something is the case.

  3. 2. Examples She might come this evening. David may invite Jesica to the match. Jack might have gone to France. Usage Use 'might' or 'may' to express an opinionthat you think has a good possibility of being true. 3. Examples Jane could be at work. Peter could have arrived late. Jane could be at work. Peter could have arrived late. Usage Use 'could' to express a possibility which is one of many. This form is not as strong as 'might' or 'may'. It is just one of a number of possibilities. 4. Examples You can't be serious! They can't have worked until late. Usage Use 'can't' to express an opinion that you are 100% sure is NOT true. Notice that the past form remains 'can't have done'

  4. Further links: http://es.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ingl%C3%A9s/Verbos_modales http://www.scribd.com/doc/441567/Verbos-modales http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability.html http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/intermediate/Grammar/ModalsProbability.pdf http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/modal.html

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