Try it. It's fun

1. Modals of Deduction
referring to the present
Look at the following pictures, and then try to make your
own deductions using the modal given.

2. She must...

3. She must...
...be thinking about her
neighbor's dog trapped inside
that house.
...know something that we
don't about that fire.
...be the main beneficiary on
her parents life insurance
policy.
...like to watch people's
homes burning down.
...be thinking about french
fries.

4. He may ....

5. He may....
...be trying to start a
modeling career.
...be pregnant.
...want to drink that last
beer, but just can't.
...have a special lady
friend he's trying to
impress.
...be a fashion
designer.

6. Arnulfo might...

7. Arnulfo might...
...be the next president of
the United States.
...still live with his mom.
...have other unfortunate
pets he does this to.
...be your accountant, my
mechanic, or a transit cop.
It's hard to know.
...cause me permanent
trauma if he keeps looking
at me that way.

8. He might...

9. He might...
...be dying.
...be like some sort of
vacuum cleaner that in fact
sucks up the vomit, instead
of leaving it.
...just be looking at some
vomit on the ground, where
there's also some on the
wall right next to him.

10. She can't....

11. She can't...
...be thinking what I think
she's thinking.
...be more than 14 years
old. Leave her alone
you sick twisted clown.
...possibly think there's
any happy meal in that
van, can she?
...be a Burger King
employee.

12. Little Ricarda could...

13. Little Ricarda
could...
...be the reason I no longer
have cockroaches in my house.
I saw her eating one yesterday.
...have a fetish for old ladies'
feet.
...be the one who stole all my
knives from the kitchen.
...not possibly know that cats
feel pain. Besides, lots of kids
tape their cats’ back legs
together... just to see what
happens.

14. Little Leroy
must...

15. Little Leroy
must...
...be pooping.
...have a spoonful of Gerber
Chayote in his mouth.
...be sending a text
message... or reading one.
...be thinking about how being
an elephant in the past life
was so much different than
being a baby in this life.
...be looking at his dad's
flabby chest and wondering...

16. He may...

17. He may...
...be an engineer.
...be a genius.
...not wash that toilet seat
before eating off of it.
...be eating something
that also... well, what do
you think?
...not have any friends
that want to eat with him.

18. They
can't...

19. They can't...
...be serious.
...stand up without the
help of a crane, can
they?
...be the two girls from
the Ballenas Table
Dance that I went out
with last week.

20. They might...

21. They might...
...be having a rough
day at the zoo.
...deserve what they're
getting.. after throwing
empty beer cans at that
lion.
...just be standing in
front of a painting of a
lion, and posing for the
camera like idiots.