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Please feel free to correct my answers if you notice a mistake too! She forgot to buy a birthday present for her friend and that _ she was in a hurry. She was probably in a hurry because she forgot to buy a birthday present for her friend, Will _ because he didn’t sleep much yesterday. I think Will’s tired because he didn’t sleep much yesterday. She was so happy on Monday morning that _ a good weekend. She was so happy on Monday morning that I’m sure she had a good weekend. He _ in London on Saturday because I saw him in Newcastle. I know he wasn’t in London on Saturday because I saw him in Newcastle. She is so scared of dogs that she _ a dog when she was little. She is so scared of dogs, that maybe a dog bit her when she was little. Jana _ Finland at some point because she speaks excellent Finnish.Īdam is so loud now that I’m sure he wasn’t a quiet child!Īdam _ a quiet child because he’s so loud now.
Jana speaks excellent Finnish so I’m sure she’s lived in Finland at some point. I think Alice worked at a hotel last summer, but I’m not sure.Īlice _ at a hotel last summer. He _ ghost because now he looks very pale. He looks so pale that I’m sure he has seen a ghost. He is so rich that I am sure he is always happy. Perhaps Filip is from the Czech Republic – he speaks Czech very well.įilip _ the Czech Republic because his Czech is very good. Sarah _ because I saw her shopping this morning. I think Sarah isn’t very ill, because I saw her shopping this morning. I _ a camera in the sales if they are cheap enough. It’s possible that in the sales cameras will be cheap enough for me to afford one.
I wrote these ones quickly during a break, so was a bit short on inspiration! (I added a few after class using sentences my students gave me as a jumping-off point) Also, please feel free to add your own sentences. If you have a link to a similar exercise, please let me know. I couldn’t find any examples of this exercise which only tested these modals, so I made my own. They are very often included in FCE Part 4 (Key Word Transformations). We’ve been studying modals of speculation and deduction in class today.
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