CHECK your understand

1. “the possible benefits of taking leave flexibly before the birth could be quite high”
and “The study also suggests British women may be working for longer now during
pregnancy”.

2.a) must have

b) might have
c) must have
d) may have
e) couldn’t have
f) might have

3. a). They must have celebrated an important date.

. They must have have seen for the first time each other after a long time.
.Maybe she broke the news that she was pregnant and he was very happy and kissed
her or the couple might have achieved a very big dream, and suddenly, they kissed.
The truth: he was a sailor and she was a nurse. The scenario takes place in 1945, in
the United States, after the victory in the second world war. They didn't even know
each other, and the sailor, who was walking on the street drunk, grabbed the woman
and kissed her forcibly. Contrary to my hypotheses, the story behind this photo is not
at all romantic, but it reflects the sexual harassment of the time, but it persisted in
the middle of the 20th century.

b). They should be doing a photo shoot of the basketball team or could have maked
just a oficial photo.

. They must have won the basketball match.

. They must have preparing for a new game.
The truth: the photographer just took a photo of the team for the school yearbook,
but there it is: there is one of the most important men the world has ever seen:
former President Barack Obama. So it's not just an old photo. It is a photo of the first
black president of the United States, and who no one at the time would imagine his
prestige in the future.
4. a) I don’t believe in that! He must have been someone very like him. he wouldn't
play rock & roll.
b) Are you sure? I think she couldn’t have went to Argentina due to fact the airport
was closed.
c) No way! It must have been just someone very similar with her, because she said on
Instagram that she was at her house that day.
d) It’s no true. He can’t have played in a Brazil’s team, ‘cause he is from Portugal.

5.a) can’t have

b) might have
c) must have
d) must have
e) might have