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Modal verbs, certain verbs (appear, suggest), passive reporting structures

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May/might/could+ have+ one of the verbs: In recent experiments, scientists...something new about babies (discover/watch)

may have discovered

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May/might/could+ have+ one of the verbs: Flat Earth societies...popular because people watch online videos (become/see)

might have become

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May/might/could+ have+ one of the verbs: Researchers think that babies...to recognize sounds before birth (start/develop)

could have started

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May/might/could+ have+ one of the verbs: Conspiracy theories...a higher status because they have been widely shared (acquire/ keep)

may have acquired

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May/might/could+ have+ one of the verbs: Studies involving babies... our understanding of how they develop (show/change)

might have changed

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Say if the sentence is correct. If it isn't, correct it. New born babies are know to have the ability to swim

known

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Say if the sentence is correct. If it isn't, correct it: It has been demonstrated that babies feel touch in the womb

Correct

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Say if the sentence is correct. If it isn't, correct it: Babies have found to learn faster than adults.

Babies have been found

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Say if the sentence is correct. If it isn't, correct it: It has been discover that new born babies don't produce tears when they cry

discovered

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Change into a passive reporting structure: People have observed that Flat Earth groups are now more popular (IT)

It has been observed that ...

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Change into a passive reporting structure: Researchers think that most adults have significant cognitive biases= Most adults (THOUGHT)

Most adults are thought to have

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Change into a passive reporting structure: Academics have claimed that fake news has decreased in recent months (IT)

It has been claimed that...

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Change into a passive reporting structure: Experts report that a baby sleeps 16 or 17 hours a day = A baby (REPORT)

A baby is reported to sleep about 15...

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Correct the mistake: We tend assuming babies know nothing

tend to assume

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Correct the mistake: Scientists might done enough research about babies so far

might have done

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