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It must be time to go home.
It can't be very cold outside.
You must have a cold.
He must have hurt his foot.
She must be from the USA.
He can't be in a very good mood.
My house must have been
There
burgled. must be a party at that
That girl must be very popular.
That child must be lost.
It must be a public holiday.
He can't have washed for some
That woman must be very rich.

Expanding headlines

Building grammatical sentences; current affairs.

Procedure: From an English-language newspaper pick out an
abbreviated headline, like 'OIL SPILL OFF WEST COAST', and
write it on the board, or just read it out. The students write out the
information in full sentence form, for example: 'A quantity of oil
has been spilt into the sea off the west coast.'

Variation: Students expand the headline as much as they can,
adding extra information they happen to know about the news
item in question - names, times, causes, results, etc. - but keeping
within the one-sentence limit. Who has the longest, most
informative sentence?

Expanding texts

Forming grammatical sentences by adding words or phrases.

Procedure: Write a single simple verb in the centre of the board.
Invite students to add one, two or three words to it. For example,

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