11.13 'Would/wouldn't'; 'that ...should'; 'there' + modal
11.13C
Study:'That... should' after adjectives like 'essential' [> LEG 11.75.3, APP 44]
If we put that after adjectives like essential, urgent, vital, we continue like this:- with should: It's urgent that he should send the information at once.
- with the simple present: It's urgent that he sends the information at once.
- with the 'subjunctive': It's urgent that he send the information at once.
Write:11.13D
Study:a Supply suitable verb forms in these sentences.
b Then mark your answers a (= should), b (= simple present) or с (= 'subjunctive')1 It's urgent that the information now. (we/send) a_
2 It's essential that home now. (she/return)
3 It's vital that (he/be inform)
4 I'm eager that present at the meeting, (she/be) _'There' + modal auxiliaries [> LEG 11.76]
Just as there will combine with be (there is, there was, there has been, etc. [> Ю.З]), it will
combine with modals:
There could be no doubt about it. There must be a mistake.
There can't have been any doubt about it. There might have been a mistake.
There never used to be anyone living next door. There might have been someone outside.Write: Supply appropriate modal combinations. More than one answer is possible in each case.1 There (be) a problem about this TTj^fef^...öW,
2 There (be) a witness present
3 There (never be) a better opportunity
4 (there be) a reason for this delay?
5 (there be) another election soon?
6 Why (there be) so much red tape?
7 Why (not there be) more university places?11.13E Context
Write: Supply suitable forms of the verbs and insert could be, may be, will be, would seem.MEDICAL DETECTIVE?
'For the time being,' Dr Grey said, 'it's important that (you take) it
easy. Immediately after a heart attack, I suggest (you get)^2 plenty
of rest. After a month, I recommend (you begin)^3 taking a little
exercise.' Mr Fry blinked through his glasses. '1^4 dead!' he
protested. 'If you don't do as I tell you, you will be,' Dr Grey said. 'It's vital that (you
follow)^5 my advice.' 'But I've always been so active, Doctor.' 'And
you^6 active again, but not yet. Come and see me in a fortnight.'
Of course, Mr Fry didn't follow his doctor's advice. 'There^7 people
who can sit around,' he said to his wife, 'but I can't!' He spent the morning before his
next appointment painting the kitchen ceiling. In the afternoon, he visited Dr Grey. 'It(^8) you have been painting the ceiling!' Dr Grey said sternly. 'How
vYou ,. ve been • painting .u the ceiling ,. can » you possibly know, Doctor?' 'You've got r paint / on your » glasses!' the doctor said.