1The doctor said that I ............... exercise. (absolute necessity)
Wrong!
We use must to express absolute necessity.
2You ............... work tomorrow. (lack of necessity)
Wrong!
We use need not to express the lack of necessity.
3That curtain ............... be washed. (absolute necessity)
Wrong!
We use must to express absolute necessity.
4I ............... to walk three miles to school when I was a child. (past necessity)
Wrong!
We use had to to talk about past necessity.
5You ............... get a job. (strong necessity)
Wrong!
We use must to indicate strong necessity.
6............... I borrow your car? (permission)
Wrong!
7You can but you ............... bring it back by evening. (instruction for future)
Wrong!
8He said he ............... be here at three.
Wrong!
9She ............... have a problem. She is crying. (strong probability)
Wrong!
10She ............... be Jane’s sister. She looks just like her. (certainty)
Wrong!
11‘There is the doorbell.’ ‘Who ............... it be?’ (conclusion)
Wrong!
We can use can to express conclusion in questions and negatives.
12............... I carry this bag? (Necessity)
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The doctor said that I must exercise. (absolute necessity)
- You need not work tomorrow. (lack of necessity)
- That curtain must be washed. (absolute necessity)
- I had to walk three miles to school when I was a child. (past necessity)
- You must get a job. (strong necessity)
- Can I borrow your car? (permission)
- You can but you must bring it back by evening. (instruction for future)
- He said he would be here at three.
- She must have a problem. She is crying. (strong probability)
- She must be Jane’s sister. She looks just like her. (certainty)
- ‘There is the doorbell.’ ‘Who can it be?’ (conclusion)
- Should I carry this bag? (Necessity)
