Modal Verbs of

Probability

Modal verbs
can

should

may

dal verbs
Ought to

must

Have to

could

We use can to
express
We use must
to express
We use
should to
express

Translate
I must leave
She must be tired
I must have left
She must have read
He must have frowned

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grammar.
Write down new
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grammar or key
words.

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Must have + past participle

must =
probability

You didnt get any

sleep last night, so...

Your idea =
You must be tired
now.
You are probably
tired now.

She drives a Mercedes and lives

in a big house
Your idea =
She must have a lot of money.
Does she have a lot of money?
She probably has o lot of money.
Its possible she is poor, but
she lives in a big house and its
true.

Kate speaks English very well.

Your idea =
She must have studied for many years
(past probability)
Did she study for many years? Perhaps,
not. But she speaks English well.
Your idea =
She must have been a good student.
(past probability)
Was she a good student?
Perhaps, not. But she speaks English well.

Compare sentences
She drives a Mercedes and lives in
a big house. She must have a lot
of money.
She speaks English very well.
She must have studied for
many years.
You didnt get any sleep last night,
so... You must be tired now.

To sum up:
I must have left
might someone
have left is
I Here
I describing
could have left
something

that possibly happened

in the past

Give your own ideas about

something that possibly happened
in the past
1. Someone brought you this package.
It must have
2. She called him in the morning, but he didnt answer.
He must have
3. Ann was late for school.
She must have
4.My friend is happy now.
He must have

Give your own ideas about

something that possibly happened
in the past

You will hear a very famous

song with new grammar
Modal Verbs of Probability
Watch the video and say who
or which band is singing.
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Tasks to the song The

day before you came
Look at the words and phrases from the song.
What do you think the song is about?

My train left the station

the morning paper
the usual place, the usual bunch
the day before you came
I was blue
I'm sure my life was well within it's usual frame
and stopped along the way
I need a lot of sleep
I had no sense of living without aim

GLOSSARY

due - [] . 1) , ,

editorial - [] 1. . ,

Frown - [fraun] 1. . 1) ; ;

heaps of papers - []

bunch - ] 1. .1) ; ; 2) () 3) . , 4) .

Drag - [] 1. .
;

hide hid hidden

exception

A matter of routine - ,

2. . , ,

1. . 1) , ,

I was blue
1) , , 2) , 3) = drag on ) ,

Frame - ,

episode of Dallas website for the television drama series

Marilyn French - an American author. Marilyn French first gained fame with her debut novel The Women's Room (1977),
which became an international bestseller.

Yawn

cuddle up -

rattling - ,

roof -

http://video.yandex.ru/users/sei-music/view/134/

The day before you came

http://www.delightenglish.
ru/songs.htm

Working with the text of the song, elicit and

translate Modal Verbs of Probability
I must have left my house at eight, because I always do
My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper going into town
And having gotten through the editorial,
no doubt I must have frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
The usual place, the usual bunch
And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
The day before you came
I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school
The train back home again
Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within it's usual frame
The day before you came

Must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so

And stopped along the way to buy some hinese food to go
I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then I must
have read a while
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim
The day before you came
And turning out the light
I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came

Do exercises on Modal Verbs of Probability

Click here to download this exercise in PDF (with answers)
Review the explanation about modals of probability here
Put in 'must + infinitive' (for something that's likely about the
present) or'must + have + past participle' (for something
that's likely about the past):

1. Where is David? He _________________ (be) at school. Classes

begin at 8.
2. She_________________ (think) that it is a good idea. It's crazy!
3. I'm absolutely sure! They _________________ (arrive) yesterday, I
saw their ticket.
4. Are you joking! David _________________ (go) to Paris last week. He
doesn't have
enough money.
5. They _________________ (live) in New York, but I'm not sure.
6. The concert _________________(be) wonderful last night. Fiore is a
great conductor.
7. John _______________________ (be) at work, or perhaps hes at the
gym or even the pub!
8. Jane _______________________ (leave) the party with John last
night, but Im not sure.

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must be
cant think
must have arrived
cant have gone
might live
must have been
could be
may/might have left