Fan nima?
Science so‘zi lotincha scientia – «bilim» so‘zidan olingan. Fan kuzatish, tajriba va dalillarga tayanadi. Fan tarmoqlari: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology. Koinot taxminan 13,8 milliard yil oldin Katta portlash (the Big Bang) natijasida paydo bo‘lgan deb hisoblanadi, Yer esa taxminan 4,5 milliard yoshda. Noaniqlikni bildirish uchun modal fe’llar: must be – deyarli aniq (There are lights on. They must be at home); may / might / could be – ehtimol (It may rain. That could be a comet). Ularning ortidan to‘g‘ri fe’l keladi: may know, might come. Ehtimol, maybe, perhaps, probably so‘zlari ham shuni anglatadi. Xayoliy shart: If I were an astronomer, I would study the stars. (If … were …, … would + fe’l).
«Sirli quti»: o‘qituvchi quti ichidagi narsani tasvirlamay, ovozini chiqaradi; o‘quvchilar It may be ..., It could be ..., It must be ... bilan taxmin qiladi.