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The document discusses adverbs of certainty and how they are used with predictions. It provides a scale of certainty from "will certainly" being 100% certain to "certainly won't" being 0% certain. It also explains that adverbs of certainty usually appear before regular verbs, after forms of "to be", and between auxiliary verbs and main verbs. When making predictions, adverbs usually go between "will" and the verb in positive sentences and before "won't" in negative sentences. Examples of sentences using these structures are provided.

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The document discusses adverbs of certainty and how they are used with predictions. It provides a scale of certainty from "will certainly" being 100% certain to "certainly won't" being 0% certain. It also explains that adverbs of certainty usually appear before regular verbs, after forms of "to be", and between auxiliary verbs and main verbs. When making predictions, adverbs usually go between "will" and the verb in positive sentences and before "won't" in negative sentences. Examples of sentences using these structures are provided.

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The document discusses adverbs of certainty and how they are used with predictions. It provides a scale of certainty from "will certainly" being 100% certain to "certainly won't" being 0% certain. It also explains that adverbs of certainty usually appear before regular verbs, after forms of "to be", and between auxiliary verbs and main verbs. When making predictions, adverbs usually go between "will" and the verb in positive sentences and before "won't" in negative sentences. Examples of sentences using these structures are provided.

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Adverbs of Certainty &

Will + Adverb for


predictions
Adverbs of certainty

Express how certain or sure we feel


about an event or action

Certainly, Definitely, Probably,


undoubtedly, clearly, obviously etc.
What is the difference?
Scale of certainty
• Will certainly 100%
• Will definitely

• Possibly won’t

• Almost definitely won’t


• Certainly won’t 0%
With Regular verbs: Usually, adverbs of certainty
appear before the main verb

• Roger definitely attends the class every day


• Justin probably likes to sleep during his leisure time

With “Be” form verbs: Adverbs of certainty appear


after the “be” form verb

• She is certainly happy about the news


• Jacob is undoubtedly the best cricketer in our team
With Auxiliary verbs: adverbs of certainty is placed
between the auxiliary verb and the main verb

• Leonard is surely going to purchase that huge


bungalow by next month
• I am probably visiting my aunt this weekend

At the beginning of the sentence

• Surely, you know what is going on in that company


• Certainly, there is always room for improvement
Will + Adverb for predictions
In positive sentences the adverb usually goes
between “will” and the verb

• Tim will definitely be in trouble for this


• Katie will surely get a reward
Negative sentences
The adverb goes before won’t

• This probably won’t take long


• I definitely won’t need any help
Can you put these words into the
correct order to make 4 sentences?

• Leave by probably tonight John will India


• Child definitely the class she is her in brightest
• players is the one Shane Watson undoubtedly
of greatest Australia cricket in
• visit her Alaska next going Emma friend in year
certainly is to
The answers…

• John will probably leave India by tonight.


• She is definitely the brightest child in her
class.
• Undoubtedly, Shane Watson is one of the
greatest cricket players in Australia.
• Emma is certainly going to visit her friend in
Alaska next year.

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