Is this sentence correct? I must leave the hotel room by noon.
Yes! When speaking about RULES/THE LAW, you ought to use "must".
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Name as many MODAL VERBS as you CAN
1CAN 2COULD 3MAY 4MIGHT 5MUST 6HAVE TO 7 OUGHT TO 8SHALL 9SHOULD 10WOULD 11 WILL
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The "d" in the following sentence stands for "would": YOU'D BETTER!
Nope! It's YOU HAD BETTER (mÊs et val). Very informal and rather threatening!
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We can use 2 MV together to make a sentence. True or false?
FAAALSE! Never ever ever. A baby Koala dies everytime you put 2 modals together. (I will can come to your party... OMG)
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COMPLETE THIS OBLIGATION: We __________ watch an old video at school today. So dull!
HAD TO. No past tense for MUST. No: "musted" doesn't exist! Duh
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"SHOULD + HAVE + PARTICIPLE" expresses regret or critisism. True or false?
YES! You should have listened to me, I told you so... ;)
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SHOULD and OUGHT TO have the same meaning
Yes... but not exactly. "Ought to" is a bit more formal. Perfect for your essays, reports and letters of application.
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MV conjugations are tough to learn. True or false?
FALSE! There are no conjugations for MV. No musting, no canning, no woulding ;)
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They might have left already, I would have said "hi", you could have warned me, it must have been a great party,... What do these sentences HAVE in common?
MODAL + HAVE + PARTICIPLE (past tense for many modal verbs)
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HAVE TO and MUST have the exact same use. True or false?
False. When expressing obligation, "MUST" is used exclusively in the present tense, for self-imposed obligations and laws/rules.
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COMPLETE THIS SUGGESTION WITH 1 WORD. You ____________ get your eyes tested.
should
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MAY, MIGHT AND COULD can be used to express doubt and uncertainty.