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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6c - Grammar in use for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Read the examples. Which modal verb do we use to express: possibility? positive assumption? negative assumption?

Answer

  • We use may / might to express possibility.
  • We use must to express a positive assumption.
  • We use can't to express a negative assumption.