English Grammar I: Integrated practice (Units 1 & 2)

The most commonly used modal to express advisability is:

• must

• should

• might

It might seem like a crush

But it doesn't mean that I'm serious

The modal used in this verse of Britney Spears' song Opps...I Did It Again expresses:

• criticism

• remote possibility

• logical conclusion

To express a special meaning of modals whose time reference is in the past, it is necessary to use:

• have + past participle

• modal + had + past participle

•  modal + have +

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Time is an extra linguistic concept that can be divided into past/present and future.

• True

• False

"Parts of speech" refer to:

• Classes of words

• Form and function of constituents

• Sentence patterns

• Neither of the options is correct

In the following sentence, there are three non-finite verb phrases. "I was walking quite fast when I saw a man just ahead painting his fence with red paint."

• True

• False

The structure of the VP in the following sentence is B + D. "He could have changed on the train."

• True

• False

What element in the VP shows aspect?

• Main verbs

• Modals

• Auxiliaries

• Main verbs and auxiliaries

What is the pattern of the following sentence?

I was walking quite fast.

• SVA

• SV

• SVC

Had better and be to are modal idioms

• True

• False