Types of modality: test

Multiple-choice test
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Choose the best answer. In some cases, there are two possible correct responses.

  1. He might be there already.
    1.   alethic
    2.   deontic
    3.   epistemic
    4.   dynamic
  2. I'll cook, if you like.
    1.   epistemic
    2.   deontic
    3.   dynamic
    4.   alethic
  3. Patently, that's false.
    1.   epistemic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   deontic
    4.   alethic
  4. If you would follow me, please.
    1.   alethic
    2.   deontic
    3.   dynamic
    4.   epistemic
  5. That can't be his mother; she's too young.
    1.   epistemic
    2.   deontic
    3.   alethic
    4.   dynamic
  6. Could you speak French before you lived in Paris?
    1.   alethic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   deontic
    4.   epistemic
  7. I really must get this toothache seen to.
    1.   dynamic
    2.   epistemic
    3.   alethic
    4.   deontic
  8. You ought to telephone your mother. She'll be worried sick.
    1.   epistemic
    2.   deontic
    3.   alethic
    4.   dynamic
  9. Pure modal auxiliary verbs cannot co-occur in English.
    1.   alethic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   epistemic
    4.   deontic
  10. We have to arrive early to get a seat.
    1.   deontic
    2.   epistemic
    3.   dynamic
    4.   alethic
  11. Could I ask a question, please?
    1.   deontic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   alethic
    4.   epistemic
  12. It's my turn to pay, isn't it?
    1.   alethic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   deontic
    4.   epistemic
  13. He seems to be getting old rather quickly.
    1.   deontic
    2.   alethic
    3.   epistemic
    4.   dynamic
  14. May I enquire who you are?
    1.   epistemic
    2.   dynamic
    3.   deontic
    4.   alethic
  15. Silence: Examination in Progress
    1.   epistemic
    2.   alethic
    3.   deontic
    4.   dynamic