Answer — Exercise 6
10.2 - What does it feel like?·New Total English Advanced - Students' Book
Pregunta
Work in pairs. Discuss the difference in meaning (if any) between the modal verbs in italics.
Respuesta
- same meaning
- different → can't is a deduction about how he feels, shouldn't is a statement about how he should feel, normally does much is a statement about how he usually performs, could've done means it was possible for him to have done better
- same meaning
- different → might be is about the present, could have been is about the past
- same meaning
- different → must is much surer than might
- different → couldn't is much surer than might not
- same meaning