Present Modals of Deduction
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Modals of Deductionreferring to the present
Look at the following pictures, and then try to make your own deductions using the modal given.
She must...
She must...
...be thinking about her neighbor's dog trapped
inside that house.
...know something that we don't about that fire.
...be the main beneficiary on her parents life insurance policy.
...like to watch people's homes burning down.
...be thinking about french fries.
He may ....
He may....
...be trying to start a modeling career.
...be pregnant.
...want to drink that last beer, but just
can't.
...have a special lady friend he's trying to
impress.
...be a fashion designer.
Arnulfo might...
Arnulfo might...
...be the next president of the United States.
...still live with his mom.
...have other unfortunate pets he
does this to.
...be your accountant, my mechanic, or a
transit cop. It's hard to know.
...cause me permanent trauma if he keeps
looking at me that way.
He might...
He might...
...be dying.
...be like some sort of vacuum cleaner that in fact sucks up the vomit,
instead of leaving it.
...just be looking at some vomit on the
ground, where there's also some on the wall
right next to him.
She can't....
She can't...
...be thinking what I think she's thinking.
...be more than 14 years old. Leave her alone you sick twisted
clown.
...possibly think there's any happy
meal in that van, can she?
...be a Burger King employee.
Little Ricarda could...
Little Ricarda could...
...be the reason I no longer have cockroaches in my
house. I saw her eating one yesterday.
...have a fetish for old ladies' feet.
...be the one who stole all my knives from the kitchen.
...not possibly know that cats feel pain. Besides, lots of kids tape their cats’ back legs together... just to see
what happens.
Little Leroy
must...
Little Leroy
must...
...be pooping.
...have a spoonful of Gerber Chayote in his
mouth.
...be sending a text message... or reading
one.
...be thinking about how being an elephant in the
past life was so much different than being a
baby in this life.
...be looking at his dad's flabby chest and
wondering...
He may...
He may...
...be an engineer.
...be a genius.
...not wash that toilet seat before eating off
of it.
...be eating something that also... well, what
do you think?
...not have any friends that want to eat with
him.
They can't..
.
They can't...
...be serious.
...stand up without the help of a crane,
can they?
...be the two girls from the Ballenas Table Dance that I went out with last
week.
They might...
They might...
...be having a rough day at the zoo.
...deserve what they're getting.. after throwing
empty beer cans at that lion.
...just be standing in front of a painting of
a lion, and posing for the camera like
idiots.