Marginal Modal Auxiliaries
Quiz
Rewrite the following sentences using 'ought to'.
A: The children should be going to bed now.
B: The children ...... .
A: Leonard should be looking for a new job some time soon.
B: Leonard ...... .
A: Max should be coming in any time now.
B: Max ...... .
A: The visitors should be leaving in about half an hour.
B: The visitors ...... .
A: The manager should be looking over the documents in the afternoon.
B: The manager ...... .
A: You shouldn't be travelling to the Himalayas with a sprained ankle.
B: You ...... .
A: The editor shouldn't be spreading such rumours, especially not at such a difficult time like this.
B: The editor ...... , especially not at such a difficult time like this.
A: The children shouldn't be playing out in the garden, but rather studying for their SATs.
B: The children ...... , but rather studying for their SATs.
A: Little Angela shouldn't be thinking about moving to Oxford until she's found a job there.
B: Little Angela ...... until she's found a job there.
A: Her brother Simon shouldn't be smoking cigarettes all the time.
B: Her brother Simon ...... .