Is Anybody Out There?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 369.

Read out the following conversation in pairs. What viewpoint is expressed? Find as many modal verbs as possible and identify the types of the infinitives.

Make suggestions as to how to get out of the following difficult situations. Use could.

Express supposition in connection with the following statements. Use the suggested words.

-His articles are always very good. (a smart man)

-He must be a smart man.

1. His theories are always very significant. (a talented scientist) 2. His experiments are always successful. (a skillful experimenter) 3. His articles are always carefully written. (an industrious writer) 4. His lectures are always excellent. (a brilliant speaker) 5. His students know English well.(a capable teacher) 6. His devices are always ingenious. ( a talented engineer)

-I can't describe all of the techniques used, for they are very numerous.

-But you could surely name the most important of them.

1.I am in a difficult position for I cannot find the topic for tomorrow's presentation. 2. I cannot answer all of these questions, as they are very numerous. 3. I cannot describe all the experiments we have done, for there have been so many. 4. I cannot promise you my assistance in this matter. 5. I cannot give you the original of the article: I will need it tomorrow.

Dimitra Atri of Kansas University (USA) thinks we need to improve our messages to aliens.