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Revision questions: modals

  • What is the past form of the following sentence? He must go home. (1) He had to go home or (2) He must have gone home?
  • How can the same modal appear in both clauseA group of related words containing a subject and a verb.s of the following second conditional sentence? If I could swim, I could be a sailor.
  • Does the sentence If he was hungry, he would go to the nearest take-away express present or past timeA concept which is related to our perception of reality; that part of existence which is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.?
  • How many opposites of can't can you think of?
  • What is the difference between the following two sentences? (1) I didn't need to include a CV in my application. (2) I needn't have included a CV in my application.
  • What could this sentence mean? He might have died.
  • What is the difference between possibility and certainty/uncertainty?
  • Can we use a perfectThe aspect expressing completion. E.g.: He’s finished university. infinitive after a modal auxiliaryA helping verb used with main verbs to express mood, voice and tense. E.g.: I can't stand when I am disturbed. ("can", "am") expressing past time?
  • What is the difference between these two sentences? (1) You shouldn't have come. (2) You needn't have come.
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