N3 grammar · Lesson 6

「〜に違ちがいない」「〜とは限かぎらない」: how sure you are

あの店みせにいつも行列ぎょうれつができているのは、おいしいからに違ちがいない。

「に違ちがいない」 「に決きまっている」: confident judgements; 「はずだった」: what should have happened; 「とは限かぎらない」: not necessarily. Rank them by certainty.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜に違ちがいない」: it must be …
  2. 02「〜に決きまっている」: obviously, of course
  3. 03「〜はずだった」: it should have …, but
  4. 04「〜とは限かぎらない」: not necessarily
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the phrases to their meanings
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the natural sentence
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order

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