Fill in the blanks.
1. She ……………………. come today. (complete certainty)
Correct!
Wrong!
Will shows certainty.
2. There is the phone. I …………………….. go. (willingness)
Correct!
Wrong!
Will shows willingness.
3. She ……………………….. be here soon. (possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
Should can indicate possibility.
4. She ………………………… recognize you. (possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
May indicates possibility.
5. Who knows? I ………………………… be a millionaire one day. (weak possibility)
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Could and might indicate weak possibility.
6. Glass ………………………… be blown. (Theoretical possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
Can shows theoretical possibility.
7. All employees ………………………… arrive for work by 8 o’clock. (obligation)
Correct!
Wrong!
Should indicates obligation.
8. South India ………………………… be quite warm in April. (Habitual possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
9. If she arrived now, we ………………………. ask her help. (Conditional possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
10. All children ………………………… be difficult. (Habitual possibility)
Correct!
Wrong!
11. You ………………………… go now. (prohibition)
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
12. You …………………………. work on Sundays. (Absence of obligation)
Correct!
Wrong!
Need not shows absence of obligation.
Answers
- She won’t come today. (complete certainty)
- There is the phone. I will go. (willingness)
- She should be here soon. (possibility)
- She may not recognize you. (possibility)
- Who knows? I could / might be a millionaire one day. (weak possibility)
- Glass can be blown. (Theoretical possibility)
- All employees should arrive for work by 8 o’clock. (obligation)
- South India can be quite warm in April. (Habitual possibility)
- If she arrived now, we could ask her help. (Imaginary situation)
- All children can be difficult. (Habitual possibility)
- You can’t go now. (prohibition)
- You need not work on Sundays.
