Match the items on the left to the boxes on the right.

Function boxes

  • permission
  • ability
  • possibility
  • strong obligation
  • logical conclusion
  • tentativeness
  • habit
  • strong prediction
  • mild prediction
  • mild obligation
1. Can I borrow your phone?
    2. I can juggle.
      3. Predicting the stock market can be a difficult thing to do.
        4.

        All students must log onto the their account on day 1.
          5.

          Most students must be keen to enter the workforce after four years of study.
            6. I would not gamble on the stock market if I were you.
              7. I will take nap after lunch on most days.
                8. Liverpool will not win the cup this year.
                  9. If I keep up my hard work I should get an A in English this semester.
                    10.

                    I should try harder to make more English speaking friends.