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MODALITY dare C1 FORM: QUESTION
Can use the question form.
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MODALITY dare C1 USE: 'HOW DARE …!'
Can use 'how dare … !' to express disapproval or offense about something
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MODALITY dare C2 FORM/USE: NEGATIVE WITH 'DIDN'T'
Can use the negative form 'didn't dare' + infinitive without 'to' to talk about not being brave enough to do something.
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MODALITY expressions with be A2 FORM/USE: 'WILL BE ABLE TO'
Can use 'will' + 'be able to' + infinitive to talk about possibility and ability.
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MODALITY expressions with be B1 FORM: MODAL WITH 'BE ABLE TO'
Can use a range of modal verbs + 'be able to' + infinitive.
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MODALITY expressions with be B1 FORM: 'BE' EXPRESSIONS
Can use a limited range of expressions with 'be' + infinitive ('be allowed to', 'be supposed to', 'be able to') with present and past forms of 'be' and with modal 'will'.
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MODALITY expressions with be B1 USE: 'BE ALLOWED TO', PERMISSION
Can use 'be allowed to' to talk about permission.
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MODALITY expressions with be B1 USE: 'BE SUPPOSED TO', PAST EXPECTATION
Can use 'was supposed to', 'were supposed to' to refer to past or future arrangements which may not have happened or may change.
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MODALITY expressions with be B1 USE: 'BE ABLE TO', PAST
Can use 'was able to', 'were able to' to talk about facts in the past.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 FORM: 'BE' EXPRESSIONS + INFINITIVE
Can use the full range of expressions with 'be' + infinitive ('be likely to', 'be due to', 'be meant to', 'be bound to', 'be sure to', 'be certain to', 'be obliged to') with present and past forms of 'be' and with modal 'will' .
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 FORM: 'BE' + ADJECTIVE + 'THAT'
Can use 'be' + 'obvious/sure/likely/certain' followed by a 'that'-clause.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 FORM/USE: 'BE MORE/LESS LIKELY', COMPARISON
Can use '(much) more/less' to modify 'likely' in a comparison.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE LIKELY TO', PROBABILITY
Can use 'be' (+modifier) 'likely to' to talk about probability.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE DUE TO', 'BE TO', SCHEDULES
Can use 'be due to' and, more formally, 'be to' to talk about things that are scheduled or expected.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE MEANT TO', IDEAL STATES
Can use 'be meant to' to talk about ideal states.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE SUPPOSED TO', OBLIGATION, EXPECTATION
Can use 'be supposed to' to talk about expectation or obligation.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE SUPPOSED TO', HEARSAY
Can use 'be supposed to' to talk about hearsay or supposition.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE BOUND TO', CERTAINTY
Can use 'be' (+ modifier) 'bound to' to talk about something certain or inevitable.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 FORM/USE: IMPERATIVE
Can use the imperative form 'be sure to', to express obligation.
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MODALITY expressions with be B2 USE: 'BE SURE/CERTAIN TO'
Can use 'be sure to', 'be certain to' to talk about certainty.
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