Speaking Phrases Unit 5 Language of Speculation

Making speculations
I wonder if...
I suppose...
I suspect that...
I'm pretty sure that...
I'm convinced/certain/positive that...
It's impossible that...
There's no doubt that...

Responding to speculations
Definitely!
You're probably right
You may be right
Well, maybe, but...
That hardly seems likely
No way! (informal)

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English Vocabulary Unit 5

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Practice and Games

devoted	dedicated
document	record in detail
evidence	information and facts that help prove something
incident	a single distinct event
witness	someone who sees an event and reports what happened
authority	an expert whose views are taken as definitive
out of the ordinary	adj. unusual or striking.
can't tell apart	can't distinguish
run into	meet by chance
premises	land and the buildings that are on it
whereabouts	the general location where something is
outskirts	outlying areas (as of a city or town)
stranded	left behind or in a helpless situation
sought	looked for
vanish	disappear suddenly
adopt	take into one's family
seemingly	apparently
twist of fate	unplanned events that has a big impact on the future
inexplicable	incapable of being explained or accounted for
intuition	instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
malfunction	a failure to function normally
observe	observe with care or pay close attention to
previous	Earlier; happening before
routinely	regularly, frequently, typically
speculate	Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.
trigger	an act that sets in motion some course of events

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English Modals of Speculation

Unit 5

Modals of speculation about the past from carlavick20

Present and Past Modals of Deduction with Sherlock Holmes from David Mainwood

Extra Exercises
Modals of Speculation about the Past

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English Vocabulary Unit 5

be sought	looked for
be stranded
authorities	officials such as the police
distress call	an emergency call for help
document	official paper
evidence	proof
identify	recognize
incident	event
proof	words or objects that prove something is true
speculated
intuition	what your inner feelings tell you is true
involvement
theory	scientific explanation that may or may not be true
vanished	disappeared suddenly
whereabouts
witness
outcome	result
malfunction	failure or error
only child
adopt
outskirts	outside of the city limits
premises	building or other specific location
previous
routinely
run into
seemingly	appears to be so
inexplicable	without an explanation
trigger
devoted	dedicated
have a lot in common
to say the least
twist of fate
out of the ordinary	unusual or different
can’t tell two people apart

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