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CERTAIN POSSIBLE
e.g. My boss is away on holiday. He might leave this evening.
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My wife may be with him.
She will be back next week.
He could return by the weekend.
He wasn’t here last week.
She might have been to Paris.
She’s returned from London.
They could be playing tennis right now.
Susan has been working abroad.
(adapted from L.G. Alexander, Longman English Grammar Practice)
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks using can or could and the verbs in the box. Use each verb only
once.
grow
cross
be
make
reach
live
survive
Example: Tigers can be dangerous.
1. Elephants … for up to 70 years.
2. Temperatures near the South Pole … minus 43 degrees centigrade.
3. A hundred years ago ships … the Atlantic in 10 days.
4. Camels … for up to 17 weeks in the desert without water.
5. Dinosaurs … up to five metres long.
6. Anyone … mistakes.
(from Beaumont and Granger, The Heinemann ELT English Grammar)
Exercise 3
Situation: Some interviewers are waiting for Julie to show up for a job interview.
She is late. The interviewers offer some possible explanations. They use may and
might (not).
Her train may be late.
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