She’s in hospital with a head injury. She ..... wearing her helmet!
a. can’t have been
b. could be
c. must have been
d. would have been
( Fill out with correct modal )
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She’s in hospital with a head injury. She would have been wearing her helmet!
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She's in hospital with a head injury. She would have been wearing her helmet.
Different degrees of assurance about an action or a fact can be expressed using modal auxiliary verbs.
Complete certainty:
The modal auxiliaries "can, must, shall, and will" can be used to convey perfect assurance.
Probability and possibility:
The modal auxiliaries "ought, should and may" can be used to represent probability or possibility
Weak probability:
We can use the words "could or might" to express a low probability.
Theoretical possibility:
We can use the word "can" to represent theoretical potential.
Conditional possibility:
It is predicated on a set of circumstances.
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