Question 15 of 21intermediate🔧 ApplyMatching5 marks

Match the highlighted words in the sentences in Column 1 with the functions they express in Column 2.

Correct Answer
  1. I will gladly pay your fee if you can cure it. – (ix) willingness
  2. You must have stolen it and sold it off. – (v) logical conclusion
  3. You shall come with me to face the King! – (x) command
  4. How could you possibly know that? – (i) expression of disbelief
  5. I am confident he would recognise our talents and appoint us to his service. – (ii) imagined (hypothetical) possibility
  6. A camel with a long tail would have fended off these pests with ease. – (ii) imagined (hypothetical) possibility
  7. They may tell us more than meets the eye. – (xi) possibility
  8. May your wisdom shine upon Ujjain and guide us to prosperity. – (vi) wish or hope
  9. Indeed, we ought to be united in this hope. – (iii) moral obligation or advice
  10. We need to devise a strategy. – (vii) necessity
  11. You speak of my camel as if it stood before you, yet you dare to claim not to have seen it! – (iv) challenge
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Explanation

This exercise focuses on modal verbs and their various functions. Modal verbs like 'will,' 'must,' 'shall,' 'could,' 'would,' 'may,' and 'ought to' express different shades of meaning including willingness, obligation, possibility, command, and more. Students learn to identify the specific function each modal verb serves in context.

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