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Use should/must/ought to appropriately in the following sentences.(i) People who live in glass houses ...... not throw stones.(ii) You ...... wipe your feet before coming into the house, especially during the rains.(iii) You ......... do what the teacher tells you.(iv) The pupils were told that they ....... write more neatly.(v) Sign in front of a park: You ....... not walk on the grass.(vi) You ...... be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark.(vii) He ...... left home at 9 o’clock. He be here any minute.(viii) “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake?”“How ...... I know? I have just arrived.”

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(i) People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. (suggestion)

(ii) You should wipe your feet before coming into the house, especially during the rains. ( suggestion).

(iii) You ought todo what the teacher tells you. (more emphatic advice) 

(iv) The pupils were told that they should write more neatly.(suggestion) 

(v) Sign in front of a park: You must not walk on the grass. ( compulsion) 

(vi) You should be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark. 

(vii) He left home at 9 o'clock. He should be here any minute. 

(viii) “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake?” 

“How should I know? I have just arrived.”



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