Exercise 19. Rewrite these sentences. Use may/might/ could to express present or future possibility.
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Example: Perhaps my parents will be at home tomorrow. My parents may/might/could be at home tomorrow.
1. Perhaps you are right.
2. Perhaps she will be working today.
3. Perhaps Liz will help us if we give her a ring.
4. Perhaps they don't know the address.
5. Perhaps I'll see him on Monday.
6. Perhaps he's waiting at the station.
MAY/MIGHT/COULD are used to talk about past possibility.
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| MAY | HAVE BEEN/DONE (Perfect Infinitive)/ HAVE BEEN DOING (Perfect Continuous Infinitive) | |
| MIGHT | + | |
| COULD |
He may/might/could have heard it from Jack. (Perhaps he heard it from Jack.)
They may/might/couldhave been working yesterday. (Perhaps they were working yesterday.)
NOTE:
We also use might/could (but not may)+ Perfect Infinitive to say that something was possible in the past but did not happen.
"I forgot to lock my front door last night." — "You were very lucky. Someone might/could have broken into."
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| Exercise 18. Make suitable sentences from the table below. Use can to express occasional possibility. | | | Certainty: must/can't/couldn't |