Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural WorldPeriod 3 Function--Talking about possibility and improbability■Goals ● To learn to talk about possibility and improbability■ProceduresStep 1: Learning about ways to talk about possibility and improbabilityMay: The monster may be related to Nessie.Might: There might be similar creatures in other lakes.Unlikely: The lake is unlikely to be able to support such a big creatures.Perhaps: Perhaps there are still dinosaurs somewhere.It may/ might be: It may/ might be a big fish.It’s unlikely to be: It’s unlikely to be a dinosaur.It is likely that……Step 2: Making sentences expressing possibility and improbabilityUseful expressions from The Monster of Lake Tianchi1.The UFO may be back in the news.2.The monster might become famous after several reports of sightings.3. Perhaps the director of the school is a believer in lake monsters.4.It is likely that the monster is black in colour.5. The monster might be sighted ten metres from the edge of the lake.6.During the most recent sighting the monster was likely to have been mistaken for a big fish.7.The diver might jump out of the water, like a seal.8.On a clear day, on Changbai’s western peak you may get a clear look at the mysterious creature.9. A local photographer is more likely to see a lake monster.10. The fish might look like a horse.11. A group of soldiers might come and move on the surface of the water to find the much-reported monster.12. He may walk along the side of the lake.13. The river monster perhaps has a round head with 10-centimetre horns.14. I may soon visit the lake with my family.15. It’s likely that a round black creature was moving quickly through the water.16. You may dive into the water to get it back to me.17. Perhaps he repeated the action again and again in order to see the monster clearly.18. Reports of monsters might have been read ever since the beginning of the last century.19. To see the monster close up you may have to go out to the center of the lake.20. Not far away, a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster is likely to have been sighted by more common visitor to the lake.
