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DEDUCTION must be/can´t be




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                                        DEDUCTION

    

                                              must be/can’t be

  * When we think something is certainly true we use must be and when we think something is impossible we use can’t be

  I am sure it isn’t easy=It can’t be easy

  It is certain she is rich=She must be rich

 Make sentences with must be or can’t be as in the example.

 

 Example : He has been living a  mansion. (poor)

                  He  can’t be poor.

   1 Alice  is wearing a wedding ring. (married)

    She  
  2 Harry has a lot of cars. (poor)
     He

  3 Masha can almost touch the ceiling(short)

    She
  4 Larry couldn’t solve the simplest question. (clever)
    He 

  5 She eats like birds. (slim)

    She
  6 Everybody wants to be with Alan(amusing)
     He

  7 Frank has been working  all day and all night. (tired)

     He
  8  Ayrin spends all her money for her friends. (stingy)
    She

  9 I can hear some people talk.(out)

    They
10 I don’t remember seeing you before.( mistaken)
    You
11)Brian doesn’t know what a free kick  is.(footballer)
    He

12)I clearly remember the day he was born.(old)

   Henry