English Verbs and Expressions Quiz

Which verb is a less formal alternative to 'wish' for expressing neutral volition?

Which verb can only be used with '-ing' and not with 'to-'?

What is the difference between 'must' and 'have to' according to the text?

For a hypothetical circumstance, you can use only _____ , not want. Also, you can use 'If only' or could.

For disapproval, questions like 'Did you have to work so late?' can be used to express it more ______

After a positive command, 'will you' can express ______, while after a negative command, it can tone down a command

Have to is used for some other authority than the speaker like official regulation.

'Should' and 'ought to' can express an obligation that must be fulfilled

When involving some other authority than the speaker, you should use must.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main ways of putting clauses together mentioned in the text?

Which type of clause is often used when the information is already wholly or partly known or expected by the hearer?

Which of the following is true about coordination and subordination, according to the text?

Adverbial links are used to connect longer stretches of language, perhaps whole sentences which themselves contain coordinate or subordinate clauses.

Subordinate clauses tend to give a clause a more important part in the information conveyed by a sentence.

It is correct to say 'They didn’t, but, give up hope.'

_______: the unit which may express a statement, the basic unit of meaning in a discourse

and, or, but, both are examples of a way of putting clause together, ____________.

____________ are used to connect longer stretches of language, perhaps whole sentences which themselves contain coordinate or subordinate clauses. [Blank]

True or false: 'And' cannot adapt its meaning according to contexts.

True or false: The statement 'The two people went to a dance and the equator is equally distant from the two poles' is correct.

True or false: Adverbial links are used to connect shorter stretches of language such as phrases or clauses.