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20. Exchange opinions of how to make assumptions about past events. Read
the transcript below while listening to Track 36. TRACK 36
Example:

Who could have brought all those things there? I don’t know. Maybe it’s more logical that it session 7 - 8
It could have been a group of squirrels.
was the result of human actions.

Maybe a homeless person forgot Mmm... I think that, a few days before, the
those things there. policeman had wanted to make a bonfire
there and now he is lying.

21. Propose alternatives to the assumptions you made in the
previous activity. TRACK 37

• Comment on whether the alternatives are plausible or not.
Read the transcript below while listening to Track 37.

Could it have been some squirrels?

track
The idea that squirrels could have done it is very Glossary on
funny, but it is not a logical solution. If squirrels page 182 Making Assumptions. Creating alternatives. Past modals and conditionals
had done it, they should have seen the tracks.

Moreover, squirrels do not use scarves,
hats or gloves. I rather think that this is the
result of human actions.

In the riddle, the policeman says that
Remember eliminates the homeless person and the Remember
nobody put the things there, that
Two common strategies policeman himself. Although we can't There are different
to discuss alternatives discard the possibility that the policeman strategies for making
are conditional might be lying assumptions: you can
sentences, specifically use modals in past
those that use modals tense (e.g. It could
in perfect tense (e.g. have been a group
If squirrels had done squirrels), you may use
it, they should have adverbs (e.g. Maybe,
seen the tracks); and it’s more logical...),
concessive sentences or expressions using
(e.g. Although we can’t verbs with meanings
discard the possibility related to thought and
that the policeman supposition (I think that,
might be lying.) a few days before...).

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