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Expressing suggestion
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Agreeing and dissagreeing
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I’d
like to suggest that we break for lunch now.
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Let’s
not stay too long. I’m feeling rather tired.
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What
about going for a swim?
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I
don’t think it’s worth waiting here for her.
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You’d
better hurry up or you’ll be late.
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If
I were you, I would accept his offer.
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You
should join the reading club to spend your time.
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You
ought to go to wayang performance.
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Why
not hire a car?
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That’s
a good idea.
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Oh,
all right.
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I’d
love to.
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Frankly
I dont think it is.
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Well,
actually I don’t like him.
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Well,
to be quite honest, I am not very keen on reading.
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Thanks
for your suggestion, but I don’t understand the language.
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Do
you think we have money for that?
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Expressing possibility/impossibility
Example of expressing
possibility/impossibility :
1.
There
is little chance of finding a good job in foreign countries.
2.
There
is more chance of solving such serious problems, if we have a competent staff.
3.
There
is a chance that the bank will lend me a sum of money.
4.
There
is possibility that the students will win the English speech contest.
5.
There
is a good chance to make marketing with e-mail.
6.
It
is impossible to gain success without working hard.
expressing
possibility:
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My
grandmother may travel alone.
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Maybe she will make the trip alone.
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Perhaps she will visit London.
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Possibly, she will go by plane.
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It’s possible that someone will meet her at the aero port.
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She
might buy some present for the
family before she goes.
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I suppose she might spend a lot of money on the presents.
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There’s a chance she will like the city.
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She
will take an umbrella as it could
rain heavily there.
expressing
impossibility:
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No, it’s impossible to repair that old
chevrolet.
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Even
a good mechanic can’t possibly
fix it.
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We
may not be able to travel by car.
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There’s no chance my father repairs it tomorrow
MODAL + PERFECT
Modal +perfect is usually used to show the
past event.
MODAL + HAVE + V3 / BEEN
1. COULD
+ HAVE + V3 / BEEN
It
used to express something that actually can happen in a past.
Example:
He
could have eaten ice cream. (He didn’t
eat ice cream)
2. MIGHT
+ HAVE + V3 / BEEN
It
used to express possibility/ ppredict something happen in the past.
Example:
His
room was so dirty, he might have forgotten to clean it.
3. SHOULD
+ HAVE + V3 / BEEN
It
used to express something that should happen in the past.
Example:
I
should have gone to doctor this morning. (I
didn’t go to the doctor this morning)
4. MUST
+ HAVE + V3 / BEEN
It
used to express something logical happen in the past.
Example:
The
grass is wet. It must have rained last night.
Expressing curiousity
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What
I’d really like to find out is...
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How
do you feel about...?
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I’d
be very interested to know...
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What
do you mean?
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I’ve
been meaning to ask you.
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What
is your opinion about...?
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I’d
like to know...
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What
is your idea to see...?
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I
wish I knew...
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I’d
love to know...
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What
about...?
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What’s
on your mind?
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How
about...?
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I
wonder...?
Expressing
Opinion
a. Asking
for opinion
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How
do you feel about...?
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What
do you think about...?
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What
is your opinion about...?
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What
is your idea to see...?
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What’s
your opinion of...?
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What
about...?
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What’s
on your mind?
b. Giving
opinion
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Well,
in my opinion...
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According
to me...
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I
think...
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I
assume...
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In
my perspective...
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I
see that...
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I’d
just like to say...
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From
my point of view...
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As
far as I’m concerned...
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Well,
I must say...
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My
idea is...
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I
believe...
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I
feel...
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I
strongly believe that...
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I
absolutely agree with...
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I
am standing in a possition to support...
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I
disagree with...
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That
might be true, but I...
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I
am in opposition to...
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