English: 2Bac (All Streams)
Unit 9 (Sciences and Technology)
Functions : Certainty / Uncertainty
Professeur : Mme ZAARA Asmae
Summary
I- Course
1-1/ Expressing certainty
1-2/ Expressing uncertainty
II- Practice 1
III- Practice 2
I- Course
1-1/ Expressing certainty
I'm sure / certain / positive that ........
Yes, definitely / certainly / of course.
There is no doubt .......
undoubtedly
It is crystal clear / obvious/ evident .........
No one can deny .........
I- Course
1-2/ Expressing uncertainty
I’m not sure...
1 doubt it.
1 don’t think / guess...
may
probably / possibly
It’s unlikely / doubtful that...
II- Practice 1
Express the same sentence in a different way :
- I'm quite sure that many of us today can't live without a mobile.
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- I don't think that robots will be able to replace human beings at work.
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III- Practice 2
What would you say in the following situations :
- Your friend wants to know whether you can come to his birthday party tomorrow.
You (express certainty) :
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- Your friend : Do you think humans will be able to live on the moon ?
You (express uncertainty) :
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