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Deductions / guesses

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grammar:
modals of deduction
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Making deductions - the diamond robbery
 
This is similar to the game 'Elementary, my dear Watson' in Jill Hadfield's Advanced Communication games. Students read the first card outlining the case and then comment on each subsequent clue, makding deductions where possible.
 
 
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Making deductions - letter
 
Letter. Students read and make guesses about sender and recipient.
 
 
 

 

Material from other sources

 
 
 
MysteryNet external link icon
Website offering online mysteries to solve and short mystery stories
 
 

 

 
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate
Unit 11 Journey  Page 94 
Guessing travel photo locations; language analysis
 
 
Advanced Communication Games book cover 
Advanced Communication Games
22 Elementary, my dear Watson  Page 22 
Students read clue cards and make deductions to solve a murder
 
 
Intermediate Communication Games book cover 
Intermediate Communication Games
30 - Suggestive shapes  Page 30 
Picture ordering game. Deductions; Looks like. Students descibe and makes guesses about abstract shapes.
 
 
Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack book cover 
Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack
19b & c Unsolved mysteries  Page 19 
(19b) Students read out short texts about five unsolved mysteries and speculate about possible explanations. (19c) Read and match explanations with mysteries.
 
 
The Great Train Robbery
 
<i>Black Mirror</i>
 
Escape from the canyon