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Hello, and welcome to six minute grammar with me, Finn and me Catherine.
And in today's programme, we're having a look at modal verbs.
Now, modal verbs are used in a lot of different ways, but in this program we're looking at the modal verbs we use when we're talking about things we think are possible or true, both in the present and in the past.
That's right.
When we don't know something for sure, we often make guesses.
And modal verbs can express how sure or unsure we are about our guesses.
We'll give you lots of examples and.
We'Ll check what you've learned in our quiz.
But first, we're listening to Fiona, who is a science reporter.
And Fiona's talking about some ancient fossils that were found in China and Taiwan.
While you listen, think about this.
Are the fossils from humans?
The research teams analyzing fossils found in.
China and Taiwan could be looking at something very important.
It seems that the fossils can't be.
From any known human species.
They might be the result of breeding.