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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Modal exercise

0 Dear teachers, 02br
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00Here is another exercise; would you please correct it? 02br
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00“Wonderful, it’s Sunday and a) 01b00not necessary for me to02b00 get up at 7 o’clock. b) 01b00I’ll possibly stay02b00 in bed a bit longer although c) I 01b00think the children are probably awake02b00 now and I’ll d) 01b00be obliged to02b00 get their breakfast soon. They e) 01b00refuse02b00 to make it for themselves. f) 01b00It would be a good idea for me to02b00 get up immediately because g) 01b00perhaps they will02b00 wreck the house. However, it is still very early and they h) 01b00are probably02b00 not very hungry yet. i) 01b00It would have been a good idea if02b00 I had put out the cornflakes and milk yesterday evening. But all this thinking and not acting is really silly. j) It is really 01b00necessary for me to02b00 get up this minute. Now where are my bedroom slippers? – That damn dog k) 01b00has probably02b00 hidden them again! l) 01b00It would be a good idea for us to02b00 train it better, but I suppose we m) 01b00weren’t obliged to02b00 buy it in the first place, and after all, it’s only a puppy. 02br
00Oh, I’d forgotten! n) 01b00It’s just possible that Alan will be back02b00 from his business trip today – marvellous! One adult isn’t enough to look after four children, a puppy, and three goldfish! Why o) did he 01b00refuse02b00 to take me with him? p) 01b00It was possible for us to02b00 get his mother to come and look after the children. Never again! 02br
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00ANSWERS : 02br
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00a) it’s Sunday and I DON’T NEED TO get up… 02br
00b) I MAY / CAN stay in bed a bit longer… 02br
00c) the children MAY / MIGHT (?) be awake… 02br
00d) I MUST get their breakfast… 02br
00e) WON'T make it… 02br
00f) I SHOULD get up… 02br
00g) they MAY / MIGHT wreck… 02br
00h) they MAY / MIGHT not be very hungry… 02br
00i) I SHOULD’ve put out… 02br
00j) I really NEED TO get up… 02br
00k) that dog MAY have hidden… 02br
00l) we SHOULD train it… 02br
00m) we NEED’T HAVE / DIDN’T HAVE to buy it… 02br
00n) Alan MIGHT be back… 02br
00o) why WOULDn’t he take me… 02br
00p) we COULD’ve got his mother… 02br
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00Many thanks. 02br
00Best regards, 02br
00Hela 0-
  

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0 “Wonderful, it’s Sunday and a) not necessary for me to get up at 7 o’clock. b) I’ll possibly stay in bed a bit longer although c) I think the children are probably awake now and I’ll d) be obliged to get their breakfast soon. They e) refuse to make it for themselves.

— Just the truth

  • 0 “Wonderful, it’s Sunday and a) not necessary for me to get up at 7 o’clock.
  • b) I’ll possibly stay in bed a bit longer although c) I think the children are probably awake now and I’ll d) be obliged to get their breakfast soon.
  • They e) refuse to make it for themselves.
  • f) It would be a good idea for me to get up immediately because g) perhaps they will wreck the house.
  • However, it is still very early and they h) are probably not very hungry yet.
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0 “Wonderful, it’s Sunday and a) not necessary for me to get up at 7 o’clock. b) I’ll possibly stay in bed a bit longer although c) I think the children are probably awake now and I’ll d) be obliged to get their breakfast soon. They e) refuse to make it for themselves. f) It would be a good idea for me to get up immediately because g) perhaps they will wreck the house. However, it is still very
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0 Thanks JTT, 02br
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001) I was going to suggest : 02br
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00d) I WILL HAVE TO get their breakfast (you accepted that one) 02br
00f) I HAD BETTER get up 02br
00k) that dog COULD HAVE hidden 02br
00p) we MIGHT HAVE got his mother 02br
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00What do you think ? 02br
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0 Thanks JTT, 02br
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00You're welcome, Hela. 02br
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00Hela: 02br
00I was going to suggest : 02br
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00d) I WILL HAVE TO get their breakfast (you accepted that one) 02br
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00and I’ll d) be obliged to get their breakfast soon. 02br
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00JJT: My read on BrE suggests that
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00What is vitally important to remember, Hela and other ESLs, is that modals and semi-modals are used to express PERSONAL feelings and emotions. That means that if you have five different people speculating on some unknown event, eg., 02br
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00"Will the US elect a Republican president in 2008?" 02br
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00you COULD
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0 Thanks again, JTT. 02br
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00You understand, though, that in tests we will have to choose the modal that fits best to/in (?) the context. 02br
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00See you, 02br
00Hela 0-
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0 Thanks again, JTT. 02br
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00JT: You're welcome, Hela. 02br
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00You understand, though, that in tests we will have to choose the modal that fits best to/in (?) the context. 02br
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00JT: I don't see how this is any different than in life, Hela. Wouldn't we always want to make the choice that best fits the context. 02br
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0 Thank you JTT for correcting me. If I may ask, would you please have a look at my ohter posts entitled "fill in the blanks" and "grammar exercises" ? 02br
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00Best regards, 02br
00Hela 0-
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0 Could you provide links please, Hela. 02br
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00By the by, is your name/pseudonym pronounced hela or heyla? 0-
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0 My name is pronounced "Héla" /'hilæ/. 0-
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0 Could you provide links please, Hela. 0-
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