Expressive Language
Past Modals
American English
The Kite Runner
100

What expression might you show when you're really nervous?

bit your fingernails

100

Give a correct example and then say the function of "should have."

Various examples. Up to Mr. Bolding. Muahaha.

100

What is the American English equivalent to underground?

The subway

100

The Kite Runner is set in...

Afghanistan

200

What expression do some people use when they feel awkward or even angry? (hint: has to do with the mouth)

Purse your lips, frown, pout, scowl

200

We use must have for situations that can be predicted with 100% surety. True or false?

TRUE!!

200

American students are not afraid of the headmaster. They are afraid of the ...?

principal

200

In the book, Hassan is what ethnicity?

Hazara

300

What action signifies that you are tired...or bored?

Yawn

300

What past modals do we use for possibility or speculation?

may have, could have, might have

300

What do Americans call the bin?

Trash can, garbage can, the trash

300

What did Hassan and the narrator like to do?

Watch American Westerns

400

This means to sharply draw in air. It mostly happens because of sudden shock.

gasp

400

I emailed Emily a year ago so she must have read it by now. Is this correct? Why/Why not?

Yes, it is a logical, 100% deduction about the past.

400

What is the British equivalent to a pacifier?

A dummy

400

What year was the Kite Runner published in?

2003

500
See Mr. Bolding's computer example (because this website wants to monetize everything.)


What is the expression?

Grimace

500

What is the difference between should and shall?

Should is for suggestions

Shall is for permission or suggestion in the future

500

Americans don't go to the cinema, they go to...

The theater, the movie theater (with correct pronunciation)

500

The narrator and Hassan were traditional friends.

False. Line 10.

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