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  2. English modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality, properties such as possibility and obligation. [a] They can most easily be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participles or plain forms [b]) and by their lack of the ending ‑(e)s for the third-person singular.

  3. Modal verb - Wikipedia

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    That can indeed hinder. You can, if you are allowed. She can really sing. could: That could happen soon. – He could swim when he was young. may: That may be a problem. May I stay? – might: The weather might improve. Might I help you? – must: It must be hot outside. Sam must go to school. – shall: This shall not be viewed kindly. You ...

  4. Modality (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    The sentence in (1) might be spoken by someone who has decided that all of the relevant facts in a particular murder investigation point to the conclusion that Agatha was the murderer, even though it may or may not actually be the case. The 'must' in this sentence thus expresses epistemic modality: "'for all we know', Agatha must be the ...

  5. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    IELTS Life Skills can be used to meet the English language requirements for some classes of visa application, including 'family of a settled person' visas and indefinite leave and citizenship. To be used for visa and immigration purposes, IELTS and IELTS Life Skills must be taken in test centres approved by the UKVI. [8]

  6. Grammatical mood - Wikipedia

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    You must/might have done now. Past: tūnē kiyā hogā pêhlē. You must/might have done it before (in the past). Progressive: Present: tū kar rahā hogā abhī: You must/might be doing it now. Past: tū kar rahā hogā do din pêhlē: You must/might have been doing it two days ago. Future: tū kar rahā hogā do din bād: You must/might be ...

  7. Test of English as a Foreign Language - Wikipedia

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    Test-takers may take notes while they listen and they may refer to their notes when they answer the questions. The listening questions are meant to measure the ability to understand main ideas, important details, implications, relationships between ideas, organization of information, speaker purpose, and speaker attitude. Speaking

  8. Cloze test - Wikipedia

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    The definition of success in a given cloze test varies, depending on the broader goals behind the exercise. Assessment may depend on whether the exercise is objective (i.e. students are given a list of words to use in a cloze) or subjective (i.e. students are to fill in a cloze with words that would make a given sentence grammatically correct).

  9. Wikipedia:List of English contractions - Wikipedia

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    may not may’ve: may have methinks (informal) I think mightn’t: might not might’ve: might have mine’s: mine is mustn’t: must not mustn’t’ve: must not have must’ve: must have ’neath (informal) beneath needn’t: need not nal (informal) and all ne’er (informal) never no one's: no one has / no one is nothing's: nothing has ...