Business Modal Verbs Full Range BE - Exercise Worksheet

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Modal Verbs — Full Range

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Your System 1 thinking reads the room using cultural heuristics you absorbed before the age of ten. You do not question them. You should. The best international communicators self-regulate consciously. They know when directness builds trust and when hedging saves face.

Grammar Reference · Modal Verbs — Full Range

Certainty vs.

This must be the issue — we might revisit it later. — must = near-certain; might = open possibility

Diplomatic hedging

We could consider a phased rollout. — softer than we should; creates space for dialogue

You need to file this today. / It would be advisable to file today. — informal → formal register

Common error

I might could help. ✗ → I might be able to help. ✓ — never stack two modals

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Modal Verbs — Full Range

1.The committee review all bids before the deadline passes.

2.Her proposal is incomplete — she have misread the brief.

3.You want to soften that opening line before sending it to the board.

4.This approach create confusion in low-context markets.

5.Staff declare any conflicts of interest before the tender opens.

6.A phased rollout reduce the risk of stakeholder resistance.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.You have to reconsider the pricing model.

2.I'm sure she knew about the compliance issue.

3.It's possible that the anchoring effect influenced the decision.

4.You should probably ask for more data before committing.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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