Instructions: Read the text and select all the sentences that speculate about the past.
My answered are with capital letter
YOU MUST HAVE WONDERED what life was really like in the past. If we had lived in the wild west, our lives COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITING! Life was rougher in general, then. WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RANCHERS OR EVEN OUTLAWS! We would spend our days riding or walking. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENJOYED THAT. Guns were a must then too. I COULD HAVE BECOME A SHARPSHOOTER LIKE WILD BILL HICKOK!
The directions say "sentences" not clauses or phrases.
Review what you've indicated and make sure you have indicated the SENTENCES that speculate about the past. Make sure those sentences don't tell specifics about the past.
Be sure to look up the meaning of the word "speculate" if you're not 100% sure of it.
YOU MUST HAVE WONDERED what life was really like in the past. My answered are with capital letter
If we had lived in the wild west, our lives COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITING!
Life was rougher in general, then.
WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RANCHERS OR EVEN OUTLAWS!
We would spend our days riding or walking.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENJOYED THAT.
Guns were a must then too.
I COULD HAVE BECOME A SHARPSHOOTER LIKE WILD BILL HICKOK!
The sentences that speculate about the past are:
- If we had lived in the wild west, our lives COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITING!
- WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RANCHERS OR EVEN OUTLAWS!
- YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENJOYED THAT.
- I COULD HAVE BECOME A SHARPSHOOTER LIKE WILD BILL HICKOK!