Modals
TRUE or FALSE: This sentence shows a guess about a present situation with little certainty.
There may be life on Mars, but most scientists doubt it.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: This sentence is logical ----
I bought a new car because I'd never had enough money.
FALSE
BONUS: Change one word to make the sentence logical.
It looks like ---- in a while.
1. it clears up
2. it's going to clear up
3. it's clearing up
it's going to clear up
The idea of ---- in line at the supermarket fills you with horror.
-- standing
-- to stand
standing
BONUS: Why is this correct?
State the formal form of this sentence:
They're going to get reprimanded for breaking the rules.
They're going to be reprimanded for breaking the rules.
Finish the conversation with the correct modal:
Aren't you worried about the traffic?
Not really. It's only 3:00, so traffic ---- be pretty good.
should / ought to
Choose the BEST response: Hanna just called. She's been sitting in traffic for over an hour.
1. I guess she's going to be late.
2. So that's why she was so late!
3. That's why she's been getting here late.
I guess she's going to be late.
When the fire alarm sounded, ----
1. we were taking an important exam.
2. we took an important exam.
We were taking an important exam.
My parents don't object ---- home late.
1. to my coming
2. me to come
3. I come
My parents don't object to my coming home late.
Change this sentence to the passive:
The unreliable witness gave the police a statement about the bank robbery.
The police were given a statement about the bank robbery by the unreliable witness.
Restate this sentence with the correct modal of future possibility:
It's possible that it will rain tomorrow.
It could/may/might rain tomorrow.
Choose TWO possible endings: I'd been driving for hours ----
1. but I'm not ready to stop.
2. and I'd never felt so tired.
3. and I was starting to feel sleepy.
4. so the car has run out of gas.
2. and I'd never felt so tired.
3. and I was starting to feel sleepy.
Which sentence is true?
I was shopping when I remembered my friend's birthday.
1. I didn't remember my friend's birthday until I went shopping.
2. While I was shopping, I realized it was my friend's birthday.
Both sentences are true.
Change this sentence with the subject IT:
Knowing a foreign language can be useful.
It can be useful to know a foreign language.
TRUE OR FALSE: The agent can be omitted from this statement. Why or why not?
These photos were taken by some journalists at the war front.
FALSE - agent provides important information to make meaning complete
TRUE OR FALSE: The two sentences have the same meaning.
I haven't heard from Sarah in over a week.
1. She's got to be really busy.
2. She must be really busy.
TRUE
Choose TWO possible endings: Eric had been sleeping late ----
1. before he got this job.
2. after he got this job.
3. because he was tired from work.
4. although he was tired from work.
1. before he got this job.
2. because he was tired from work.
What is the meaning of this sentence?
When I was growing up, I always dreamed of working at the United Nations.
1. cause and effect
2. action in progress at an exact moment
3. action in progress over an extended period of time
action in progress over an extended period of time
Create a sentence that gives advice with the verb ENCOURAGE followed by the necessary gerund or infinitive.
Answers vary. encourage + object + to infinitive
In what type of DISCOURSE would this passive statement be found?
In Python and SQL, subprograms are defined within SUB and END SUB statements.
academic discourse - computer programming text
Change the SECOND sentence to make BOTH sentences have the same meaning.
1. He must have a really bad headache.
2. He might have a really bad headache.
He's got to have a really bad headache.
He has to have a really bad headache.
Create a sentence with the correct verb tense AND adverb to describe a recent activity that was in progress and just ended.
Answers vary. Present perfect continuous with adverbs recently, just, lately
I'm living in a small apartment on Center Street.
The speaker----
-- is complaining
-- thinks her living situation is temporary
-- is describing an action in progress
--wants to stay where she is
Thinks her living situation is temporary
Create a YES/NO question with the main verb SUGGEST.
Answers vary. suggest + gerund
Correct this statement:
Some cancers will be disappeared completely, and eventually, inherited diseases may wipe out by removing faulty genes from the gene pool.
Some cancers will disappear completely, and eventually, inherited diseases may be wiped out by removing faulty genes from the gene pool.