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The interviewers
Julie
e.g. Perhaps her train is late.→ Her train may be late.
1. Perhaps she doesn’t know the way.
2. It’s just possible she thinks it’s on another day.
3. Perhaps there’s a traffic jam.
4. Maybe she feels the salary is too low.
5. There’s a slight possibility that she doesn’t want the job after all.
6. It’s just possible she has a good reason.
(adapted from Mike Watkins, Practise Your Modal
Verbs)
Exercise 4
Speculating about the past: may have, might have
Rewrite these sentences using may/might (not) or may/might (not) have instead of
perhaps, it’s possible and maybe.
e.g. Perhaps they have forgotten where we live.
They may have forgotten where we live.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
It’s possible they’ve lost our address.
There’s a possibility that they didn’t get our invitation.
Or maybe they thought it said Thursday, not Tuesday.
It’s possible their car has broken down.
Perhaps they have been held up by a traffic jam in the centre.
(adapted from Mike Watkins, Practise Your Modal
Verbs)
Exercise 5
Look at the picture. This is a man running with a bill in hand. Speculate about him.
Who is he? What has happened to him? Use modal verbs.
e.g. He might be a teacher./Oh, no. He could be … /He may have/might have
…
Pictures:
Julie: http://www.safebee.com/holiday/10-ways-avoid-getting-mugged
Interviewers: https://bin.ua/news/business/management/213691-sobesedovanie-4-
voprosa-chtoby-prinyat-reshenie.html
Man running: https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-cheerful-man-running-
money-hand-vector-illustration-image58928625
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