PROBABILITY (PAST, DEDUCTION, 25%, 50%, 90%)
I’ve bought a lottery ticket. I ……………………………………… (become) a millionaire! (probability 50%)
MAY BECOME
I ............... (speak) 6 languages.
CAN SPEAK
No, you ……………………………………… (go) out tonight. You know you’re grounded (lack of permission)
YOU CANNOT GO / ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
She ……………………………………… (speak) English very well - she’s only lived in Manchester for a few weeks. (probability 25%)
MIGHT SPEAK
He probably forgot to mail the form. You know how absent-minded he ………………………… (be) (ability)
CAN BE
You ……………………………………… (park) here! It’s private property. (prohibition)
MUST NOT PARK
We asked them to send the goods as soon as possible; we ……………………………………… (receive) them by the end of the week. (Probability 90%)
WILL RECEIVE
My grandmother ……………………………………… (use) a computer until last month. (past ability)
COULD NOT USE
Passengers ……………………………………… (take) only one small bag on board the plane.
CAN TAKE
13. The bruise ……………………………………… (disappear) days ago. I wonder why it didn’t. (probability about the past)
SHOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED
...... (he / swim) faster than his sister? (past ability)
COULD HE SWIM
You ...... (follow) orders! (obligation)
MUST FOLLOW
This road ............. (take) us to their house. (deduction)
SHOULD TAKE US
...... (you / solve) that problem? (past ability - one occasion)
WERE YOU ABLE TO SOLVE
...... (you / start) work at 8 O’clock every day?
DO YOU HAVE TO START