Test Year 1

In the sentence "The policeman must be at the door.", "must" is:

• epistemic

• deontic

• dynamic

"Susan shall wear green trousers at the party" expresses:

• internal obligation

• external obligation

• volition

Mary..........speak German at the meeting, although she is not fluent.

• could

• was able to

• could not

In "Must you really be snoring like that?", "must" is"

• deontic

• epistemic

• dynamic

"Long live the Queen!" is an instance of:

• analytic subjunctive

• new subjunctive

• old subjunctive

In "Tom may not come to the event today, he is feeling a bit sick", there is:

• external negation

• internal negation

• external perfect

"to pull up your socks " means:

• to get ready for business

• to make effort to improve a situation

• to dress up nicely

'Talk shop' in 'I hate it when they talk shop.' means"

• talk about clothes

• talk business

• talk money

The dollar ________ against the yen in Tokyo today.

• plunged

• collapsed

• plummeted

In "Linda may not go to the theatre. Her mother won't let her", we are dealing with a case of:

• external negation

• internal negation

• obligation