Question

Match the highlighted words in the sentences in Column 1 with the functions they express in Column 2.

Column 1	Column 2
1. I will gladly pay your fee if you can cure it.	(i) expression of disbelief
2. You must have stolen it and sold it off.	(ii) imagined (hypothetical) possibility
3. You shall come with me to face the King!	(iii) moral obligation or advice
4. How could you possibly know that?	(iv) challenge
5. I am confident he would recognise our talents and appoint us to his service.	(v) logical conclusion
6. A camel with a long tail would have fended off these pests with ease.	(vi) wish or hope
7. They may tell us more than meets the eye.	(vii) necessity
8. May your wisdom shine upon Ujjain and guide us to prosperity.	(viii) prediction
9. Indeed, we ought to be united in this hope.	(ix) willingness
10. We need to devise a strategy.	(x) command
11. You speak of my camel as if it stood before you, yet you dare to claim not to have seen it!	(xi) possibility

Answer 1

Column 1	Function
1. will	(ix) willingness
2. must	(v) logical conclusion
3. shall	(x) command
4. could	(i) expression of disbelief
5. would	(viii) prediction
6. would	(ii) imagined (hypothetical) possibility
7. may	(xi) possibility
8. May	(vi) wish or hope
9. ought to	(iii) moral obligation or advice
10. need to	(vii) necessity
11. dare to	(iv) challenge