language learning center · B2 · Lesson 3
Evidence and inference
Distinguish facts from interpretations and express different degrees of certainty.
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Understand and learn
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Priya
The lights are still on, so the team must be working late.
Ethan
Possibly, although they could have left them on by mistake.
Priya
That is possible. Apparently, the deadline was moved forward this morning.
Ethan
In that case, they are likely to be finishing the final checks.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
It must be…
It must be…
It could have been…
It could have been…
Apparently,…
That is possible. Apparently, the deadline was moved forward this morning.
The evidence suggests that…
The evidence suggests that…
It is likely to…
It is likely to…
Notice, try, and speak
Which sentence clearly marks an interpretation rather than a confirmed fact?
Notice, try, and speak
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Listening
Listen, then choose what you heard.
Writing
Write your own sentence using this item.
This is self-practice. It is not automatically scored as correct or incorrect.
Speaking
Answer in your own words. Record yourself, listen back, and then compare your response with the model answer.
Make it yours
Explain an inference in English using evidence, a degree of certainty, and one alternative explanation.
Choose a situation where you have clues but do not yet know the full story.
Use it with someone
Reason from evidence in English
Daily goal
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- 1. It must be…
- 2. It could have been…
- 3. Apparently,…
- 4. The evidence suggests that…
- 5. It is likely to…