DEDUCTION BLOCKS
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Grammar: modals of deduction
Must + have + Could + have Might + have Couldn t + have Can t + have + Any modal +
pp + pp + pp + pp pp have + pp
You hear a loud Your parents are You come across A motorist pulls You ve eaten You see a man
cheer from the coming to see a friend you ve out in front of you some chicken and with his leg in
local stadium. your new house not seen for two and you crash into now two hours plaster.
but they are late. years. They look him. later you feel
really thin. really ill.
Your flatmate You see a couple You dog was in A competitor The match was Your teenage son
doesn t seem to with shopping bags your garden this completed a cancelled but Greg is looking really
be at home. running down the morning but now marathon running still went to the guilty.
street. it isn t there. backwards stadium.
dressed as a frog.
Your neighbour You see your You re a teacher You are a building I shouted  turn You see an old
has just bought a neighbour for and your inspector and right but he man wearing lots
really expensive the first time in worst student the quality of didn t, he went of medals.
new car. He s a month. She has given you the work in this straight on.
usually broke. looks tanned and some excellent building is terrible.
relaxed. homework.
You see lots of Your colleague Your neighbour s You re a teacher A motorist You see your
people leaving the has just arrived curtains are closed and your best crashed his car. teenage daughter
cinema crying. for work out of all day and you student has just The road was looking really sad.
breath. can t hear any got terrible marks empty at the time.
noise from their in the exam.
house.
You meet a There was a fire in Your partner There s a guest The person in You notice the
woman who your house while usually gets home at the restaurant front of you at the screen of your
tells you she got you were at work. at 6.30p.m. You shouting angrily at cash point hits the mobile is cracked.
married in a castle. hear them arrive the waiter. wall angrily. The
at 6.00p.m. machine has just
kept his card.
Student A Student B
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