Grammar. Modal Verbs | a full assembling

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If you choose a bold colour to paint the walls, you ____ choose a meager tonality, neutral elements, un-patterned textures to balance the interior. You ____ give the walls of life.

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I ______ help you, but I'm not sure yet. Let's look at the circumstances this week.

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He ____ be given a warm welcome with all the honors, a celebratory table if he brings a gold medal.

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I ___ not open it, for it's sealed with Sulayman's Seal!

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Martin ____ walk to school because his dad drives him. Quite a good arrangement.

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He ____ pass this time as he has worked satisfactorily hard. Things have to get better.

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John ____ be at home. No one wants to be flattened by a wet, sordid washcloth, if it doesn't amuse him.

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I ain't ___ to start scolding, but I do, anyways. I'm banned, but I continue.

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1. ____ her soul rest in peace.

2. You ___ go to Beirut to attend negotiations. Everything was paid for you in advance, it remains only to gather up and wait.

3. ___ you swim?

× Range of modal verbs to describe the future, depending on how probable the event or situation is. Complete:

It will be foggy tomorrow. 100% sure

It should be foggy tomorrow. 80% sure (According to the weather forecast).

It may be foggy tomorrow. 50% possibility

It might be foggy tomorrow. __% possibility

It ____ be foggy tomorrow. 30% possibility

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4. Where is Chloe? She ___ be in office.

5. I'm struggling with deciding where to go this summer. I ___ go to Italy. Incinerate all with blue-ray!

6. They must ___ to Saint-Petersburg before.

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______ go to the emergency room, make an appointment if I am only a little sick, nothing more? What do you recommend?

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7. We ____ tidy up our room. Laura has already done it.

8. Our cavalry ___ feint around their rear, our bowmen target their cannoneers.

9. I think you ___ go to bed tonight. The exam won't allow the eyes to soft-boil and a stupid body.

Which modal verb is missing from all of these sentences?

_____ I be excused for a few minutes? If you have no objection.

We _____ as well have dinner here.

It _____ look expensive, but this is at first sight!

He _____ be in parlour, unless he’s already left.

_____ His Grace be with you!

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____ you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

What meaning is expressed by the modal and semi-modal verbs highlighted in these sentences?

We shouldn’t do anything until we know more. You must read this article. It’s so curious! I think we ought to aim to arrive at least fifteen minutes before.

What meaning is expressed by the modal verbs highlighted in these sentences?

They wouldn’t let her – too pompous. Why won’t you come to the party? I shan’t be presenting the next meeting.

Is this sentence correct?

They could pass the exam if they’d made more effort.

Hint: type ... (but with modals)

Can you think of a 3-word expression that perfectly fits into both these sentences?

a) She _____ me. I can’t remember if there was such a thing.

b) She _____ me. If I had known, I would have installed the cameras much earlier, long before the decree.

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I ____ love all people equally. It's a conviction, it's an internal law, it's a clue of the world.

Which of the following is more natural?

Why is this sentence incorrect?

I used to go to the board game club three times in the last month.

What’s the missing word?

1) She said she ____ go to the party as she needed to organize folders chronologically.

2) She said she ____ go to the party as the boss's retinue would be here, and she didn’t want to cross paths with them.

It's a good idea =

Is it OK? =

It isn't necessary =

It's your duty =

It's possible =

It's forbidden =

It's an equivalent to «can» =

I've made a decision in necessarity =

You're obliged to =

It's attributed to moral duties, the call of the heart =

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This turpitude seemed to me more appropriate for the character of a sanitary inspector whose inclinations __________ be more servile, irritating against the background of an already frenzied life filled with lies and giveaways. His suede words, sly squint and willingness to hush up the matter prevailed over clean nails.

¶ The modal verb «to be to» is used in two tenses: The Present and The Past Indefinite. It expresses: 1) Possibility due to previous agreement. I was to scrape off those cauldrons from the limescale. 2) Possibility due to some rules, laws, regulations. You are not to go into the patient's room. 3) Possibility due to circumstances with the Passive Infinitive only. Such specific ores are to be mined only at the foot of the Cordillera. Fenwick is to be condemned anyway. 4) Wish – in Conditionals. ¶

How can this sentence be translated using MODAL «TO BE TO» and Conditionals?

Якщо вони хочуть зупинити поширення аміачних добрив (ammonia fertilizers) у річках і джерелах, вони мають згуртуватися, повідомити про це в інстанції, прослідкувати маршрути й стан річок.

The modal verb «to be to» can be used to inform of something, which was a fact of future action for the discussed moment in the past, but the real fact for the present moment – this event is destined to happen.

Which sentence clearly spells out this rule?

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I was waiting for your message! You _____ (text) me as soon as the plane landed and you unloaded luggage.

What modal verbs can we combine into one group by slightly similar meanings?

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10. It ____ our dog, which barked continuously since midnight, as it slept inside with us.

11. You ____ more therapies and pills, you look freshly and healthy.

12. I spent hours, possessed hours for sure, doing it, and then they came, babbled something in the introduction and told me I _____.