1The doctor said that I ............... exercise. (absolute necessity)
Wrong!
Use "must" to express absolute necessity.
2You ............... work tomorrow. (lack of necessity)
Wrong!
Use "need not" to say that something is not necessary.
3That curtain ............... be washed. (absolute necessity)
Wrong!
Use "must" to express a strong necessity or obligation.
4I ............... walk three miles to school when I was a child. (past necessity)
Wrong!
Use "had to" to talk about necessity in the past.
5You ............... get a job. (strong necessity)
Wrong!
Use "must" to express strong necessity.
6............... I borrow your car? (permission)
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Use "Can" to ask for permission in informal English.
7You can borrow it, but you ............... bring it back by evening. (instruction)
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Use "must" to give a firm instruction or condition.
8Last week he told me he ............... come the following day.
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Use "would" as the reported-speech form of "will" when the reported future is now in the past ("the following day").
9She ............... have a problem. She is crying. (strong probability)
Wrong!
Use "must" to express a strong probability based on evidence.
10She ............... be Jane’s sister. She looks just like her. (certainty)
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Use "must" when you are almost certain something is true.
11"There is the doorbell." "Who ............... it be?" (possibility)
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Use "can" in questions about possibility.
12............... I carry this bag? (necessity)
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Use "Should" to ask whether something is necessary or advisable.
Exercise complete
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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 borrow it, but you must bring it back by evening. (instruction)
- Last week he told me he would come the following day.
- 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?” (possibility)
- Should I carry this bag? (necessity)