It seems that the fossils can't be from any known human species. The research teams analysing fossils found in China and Taiwan could be looking at something very important. While you listen, think about this question: Are the fossils from humans? And Fiona is talking about some ancient fossils that were found in China and Taiwan. We'll give you lots of examples…Īnd we’ll check what you've learned in our quiz.īut first, we're listening to Fiona, who is a science reporter.
And modal verbs can express how sure or unsure we are about our guesses. When we don't know something for sure, we often make guesses. Now modal verbs are used in a lot of different ways but in this programme we’re looking at the modal verbs we use when we're talking about things we think are possible or true – both in the present and in the past. In today's programme we're having a look at modal verbs. However, it is his best guess.Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Grammar with me Finn.Īnd me Catherine. (The speaker doesn’t know for sure that his wife went shopping. She may (might, could) have gone shopping. The use of could implies a little more certainty. May, might and could convey the idea that a speaker is only 50% or less certain that something happened. He might not have heard the phone, or he might not have wanted to talk to anyone.) (The speaker believes this is the most logical reason why Jim doesn’t answer the phone. I’ve phoned Jim several times, but he doesn’t answer. The speaker uses must have studied hard to show that he/she thinks this is the most logical reason they did so well.) For example: It might have been very easy, or they might have already learned the material. (There are other possible reasons why the students did well on the test. Must have + past participle shows a great deal of certainty that something happened, but there is still some doubt in the speaker’s mind.
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