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ABILITY/ADVICE/OBLIGATION

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  • Answer: What modal verb do we use to express a general ability in the past?
    Could
  • True or false? We use "was/were able to" to talk about past habits
    False (We use it to talk about past achievements)
  • True or false? Ought to is used in informal sentences
    False (Ought to is a formal alternative to should)
  • True or false? "Be able to" is more formal than can
    True
  • Answer: What modal verbs are used to express OBLIGATION?
    Must or Have to
  • True or false? We can use MUST to give stronger advice
    True
  • True or false? CAN and COULD are used in the present, past, and future tenses
    False (They can only be used in the present and the past, for all other tenses we need to use be able to)
  • True or false: I can use "mustn't" to express something is not necessary
    False (Mustn't says something is not allowed)
  • Answer: What modal verbs are used to express lack of necessity?
    Don't have to / Needn't
  • True or False? can/can't could/couldn't are all followed by the infinitive without to
    True
  • Answer: What modal verb is used to express PROHIBITION?
    Mustn't / Must not