OPINION CLASS A B

If the share price has dipped, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must sell your stock.

If a member of your family joins the same company as you, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must keep them at arms length at work.

Give advice: “I pause too long before I speak”

Give advice: “When I listen to native speakers, I would understand if it was written down but I still can’t understand them speak”

If you are on the crest of a wave at work, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must quit and use that experience to get a better job elsewhere before something goes wrong.

Give advice: “I keep making the same mistakes”

Give advice: “I can talk about most topics, but I don’t know what to say in social situations like welcoming people or dealing with complaints”

Givea advice: “Most people I communicate with are also non-native English speakers, so I pick up their mistakes”

Give advice: “I don’t have any opportunities to speak outside the classroom”

Give advice: “I get stuck when I am speaking because I can’t remember a word or don’t know how to say things in English”

If you’re glad to see the back of your boss, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must tell everyone you feel that way once he or she has left.

You mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must keep your subordinates on their toes at all times.

If your latest project blows up in your face, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must quit your job as soon as possible.

If you are sure there is something wrong with the latest business plan but you can’t quite put your finger on it, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must mention your concerns in meetings about the plan.

Give advice: “I understand the grammar and can do written exercises, but still make lots of mistakes when I speak”

If you’ve had to lay someone off due to overstaffing, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must say “You’re fired”.

If you get off on the wrong foot with your colleagues, you mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must tell your boss about the problem and ask his or her advice.

You mustn’t/ shouldn’t/ can/ should/ must use rules of thumb in most business situations.

Give advice: “I try to learn vocabulary, but I have always forgotten it by the next time I hear or read that word”

Give advice: “I have problems understanding a/ an … accent”