Speculation and Deduction B2-C1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Other ways of expressing speculation and deduction

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the / software / It / though / have / failed. / installation / might / looks / as

It looks as though the software installation might have failed.

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fully / My / laptop / be / charged / yet. / can't / possibly

My laptop can't possibly be fully charged yet.

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the / that / drug / might / effective. / Research / be / suggests

Research suggests that the drug migh be effective.

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possibility / that / the / Is / device / might / update? / need / an / there / a

Is there a possibility that the device might need an update?

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machinery / all / the / damaged / in transit. / likelihood / must / In / been / have

In all likelihood the machinery must have been damaged in transit.

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breakthrough. / Scientists / may / well / believe / they / have / made / a / major

Scientists believe they may well have made a major breakthrough.

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In all ... , the computer developed a virus, which is why it's not working

possibly

realistacally

appears

likelihood

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It looks as ... the servers might have overheated.

suggest

appears

possibly

though

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Scientific evidence ... that mobile phones can cause health problems later in life.

though

appears

realistically

suggests

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My laptop can't .... have developed an issue. I bought it only last week!

likelihood

though

realistically

possibly

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It ... that the funding has been withdrawn so we'll probably need to pull the plug on the project.

suggests

appears

likelihood

possibly

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... speaking, we don't have a chance of meeting the deadline next Monday..

Though

Realistically

Likelihood

Possibly

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