Modals Verbs of Deduction and Speculation - English Grammar Lesson (Upper Intermediate)

Learn about modal verbs of deduction and speculation. Quick, fun English video lesson with CELTA teacher.

This video is for English language students at the CEFR level B2.
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[arpitshukla]

Sir I’m so happy that you have corrected every bit of my error. It’s so sweet of you for such thorough help. Actually every doubt that I had is clear but still ma’am sometimes when I’m having conversations I get confused at some points for eg:
1.) He - will you come to the party tomorrow?
Me - Umm, I might (here Sir If I use “could” in place of “might” as a modal of possibility then wouldn’t it sound bit awkward? Though both show possibilities.) And,
2.) “I can’t find my wallet. I could’ve left it at home.”
3.) “I could’ve got better marks If I had studied the last chapter.”
Sir here in 2.) & 3.) you can see both the sentences have used “could’ve” though they have totally different meanings as former has used it as modal of possibility and latter sentence is quite of conditional type. So how can I differentiate them. It becomes quite confusing for me sometimes. Could you help me here Sir.?

[rossmorebaz]

excellent video... easy to understand and very well explained.. thanks

[آيهنيماريه]

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[donafilde]

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[noviantielya]

very helpful, thanks.. my students likes your clear explanation as well.

[stegy]

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[alaamamdouh]

awesome
you're really helpful person. thank you

[enzoarlati]

hello everybody. I don't understand one the last phrase tha sound like "You might have a bot of lingua", but the final has non meaning and I'm unable to understand what it is really said. Can you help me ?

[erikacarabajo]

Because I am confused to put the past participle and it has become difficult...That's why I'm asking you for help....Could you help me correct these sentences?:

*They might not have sleep well at night after watching TV or using the computer.

*They might have eaten fatty foods like hamburguer, potato chips and sodas.

*They could have being sedentary when they were children and now they do not like doing any physical activity.

*The children must have drink soda pops with their lunch instead of water, milk or fruit juice.

*The must not have drunk enough water before the physical education class.

[baylasanbk]

It's really helped, thx. You made it very easy

[badooral-holibi]

easy, spot on and thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕

[muhammadezz]

At the end, you said you can't not have, Am i right?

[sherifsaleh]

Find the mistake,
Perhaps, she does not know about the new date of the meeting so she can come.