Crossword puzzle : Modality markers in English

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Modality markers in English [B2] — VocaVerb

How well do you know the words English uses to express possibility, necessity, obligation, and certainty? This crossword will test your knowledge of modal verbs and related expressions — from must and might to ought to and be bound to. Fill in the grid and sharpen your understanding of how English speakers convey degrees of certainty and obligation!

Grid

Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.

Clues

Across

  1. 2. To record a message
  2. 4. To make someone do something
  3. 9. Expresses conditional or habitual action
  4. 10. Show happiness with your face
  5. 12. overused and lacking originality
  6. 13. Likelihood that something will happen
  7. 15. Belonging to them
  8. 16. Mood expressing doubt or hypothetical ideas

Down

  1. 1. Based on a possible scenario or assumption
  2. 3. A helper verb used with main verbs
  3. 5. Expressing something dependent on a condition
  4. 6. Something that may happen or be true
  5. 7. A duty or requirement expressed in language
  6. 8. Question word for place
  7. 9. Readiness or desire to do something
  8. 11. To think something will happen
  9. 14. The number 3

Answers

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Across

  • 2. To record a message → leave
  • 4. To make someone do something → force
  • 9. Expresses conditional or habitual action → would
  • 10. Show happiness with your face → smile
  • 12. overused and lacking originality → trite
  • 13. Likelihood that something will happen → probability
  • 15. Belonging to them → their
  • 16. Mood expressing doubt or hypothetical ideas → subjunctive

Down

  • 1. Based on a possible scenario or assumption → hypothetical
  • 3. A helper verb used with main verbs → auxiliary
  • 5. Expressing something dependent on a condition → conditional
  • 6. Something that may happen or be true → possibility
  • 7. A duty or requirement expressed in language → obligation
  • 8. Question word for place → where
  • 9. Readiness or desire to do something → willingness
  • 11. To think something will happen → expect
  • 14. The number 3 → three

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