Marginal Modal Auxiliaries

'Need' can be used as ... .
1. a full verb only
2. an auxiliary verb only
3. both full verb or auxiliary verb
4. neither
When 'need' is used as a full verb, it is followed by ... .
1. a full infinitive (infinitive with 'to')
2. a bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to')
3. an -ing form
4. an -ed form
The modal auxiliary character of 'need' is mostly used in ... .
1. positive sentences
2. negative and interrogative sentences
3. positive and negative sentences
4. positive and interrogative sentences
The auxiliary verb charakter of 'need' is more typical of ... .
1. British English
2. American English
Nowadays, the verb need is mostly used as ... .
1. a full verb
2. an auxiliary verb
The negative forms 'needn't' and 'don't need to' are synonymous when 'need' is used to refer to ... .
1. habitual/general necessity
2. immediate necessity
3. no necessity
4. necessity referring to past time only
The negative form of 'needn't' (but NOT 'don't need to') is used when we refer to
1. habitual/general necessity
2. immediate necessity
3. no necessity
4. necessity referring to past time only
'Need' + -ing is a form that is commonly used in ... .
1. British English
2. American English
'Need' + -ing may be paraphrased with ... .
1. need + -ed (past simple)
2. need + passive infinitive
3. need + can
4. need + must
'Uncle George needs his eyes examining.' represents a sentences that is more typical of ... .
1. British English
2. American English
Which of the given sentences is similar in meaning to 'Uncle George needs his eyes examining.'?
1. Uncle George needs to examine his eyes.
2. Uncle George needs his eyes examined.
3. Uncle George needs to be examining his eyes.
4. Uncle George needs examine his eyes.
'You needn't have bought me the wonderful bracelet, Pete.' -- What does this sentence mean?
1. Pete didn't buy his girlfriend a bracelet.
2. Pete bought his girlfriend an ugly bracelet.
3. Pete bought his girlfriend a lovely bracelet, but she says it was not necessary.
4. Pete should have bought his girlfriend a lovely bracelet.
'Lilly didn't need to say anything. I knew what was on her mind.' -- What does the sentence mean?
1. Lilly didn't say anything.
2. Lilly said something but we don't know what.
3. It was not necessary for Lilly to say anything.
4. Lilly said nothing.
'Henry needn't have sold his old beetle.' -- Which of the sentences given best express an emphatic form of this sentence?
1. Henry need never have sold his old beetle.
2. Henry didn't need to sell his old beetle.
3. Henry needn't sell his old beetle.
4. Henry need have not sold his old beetle.
Which of the options best summarises the use of 'need not'?
1. lack of obligation
2. surplus of obligation
3. obligation to do something
4. advice

Marginal Modal Auxiliaries

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