Flashcards: Mastering English: Texts, Time, and Modals — 14 cards

Types of Texts — categories?

Descriptive, expository, narrative, argumentative, prescriptive.

Question form with 'Ago' — purpose?

Asks how much time passed since an event.

Articles — definite?

'The' specifies known or particular nouns.

Articles — indefinite?

'A' and 'an' refer to nonspecific singular nouns.

Expressing time — 'it's time' use?

Indicates something should happen soon, using past tense.

Certainty — 'will'?

Expresses high certainty about future events.

Probability — 'may'?

Indicates a possibility, but not certainty.

Obligation — 'must' vs 'have to'?

'Must' is personal; 'have to' is external requirement.

Prohibition — 'mustn't'?

Indicates something is not allowed.

Advice — 'should'?

Suggests a recommendation or advisability.

Conditional — zero?

States facts; uses present simple in both clauses.

Conditional — third?

Past unreal past; uses past perfect and 'would have'.

Noun formation — suffixes?

-ity, -ment, -tion, -ist, -er, -ing.

Adjective formation — suffixes?

-ive, -ing, -able, -ic, -al, -y.