WORKSHEET 55
SUBJECT : Certainty, Possibility, Impossibility and Advisability
A) Rewrite the sentences using the modals of CERTAINTY, IMPOSSIBILITY and
POSSIBILTY:
1.
Perhaps Jane will lend Tom some money.
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2.
Perhaps Jane lent Tom some money.
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3.
It is possible that she won’t invite you to the party.
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4.
It is possible that she didn’t invite him to the party.
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5.
Perhaps she is asleep.
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6.
Perhaps she was asleep.
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7.
I’m sure he isn’t tired.
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8.
I’m sure he wasn’t tired.
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9.
It is impossible that Mary knows my phone number.
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10.
It is impossible that Mary knew his address.
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11.
I’m sure she reads adventure books a lot.
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12.
I’m sure she wrote to the bank.
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13.
Maybe those children are lost.
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14.
Maybe those children were lost.
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15.
Perhaps Mary is feeling comfortable.
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16.
I’m sure she is driving carefully.
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17.
It is impossible that Lucy is studying in her room.
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18.
I’m sure he isn’t helping his father now.
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19.
It is possible that people will be traveling between the planets.
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B) Rewrite using modals to show CERTAINTY, POSSIBILITY, IMPOSSIBILITY:
1.
Perhaps Peter lended some money to Linda.
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2.
It is impossible that Ken saw me because he wasn’t wearing his glasses.
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