Jul 13, 2006 00:21
18 yrs ago
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test question

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Linguistics
Hello, the following test question was sent to me by a friend of mine, but I got confused.

What would you say?

"I think we .......... more than six bottles of wine for the party and the shopkeeper has offered to give us a case of wine on a sale-or -return basis so long as we leave him a deposit.I think it's our best option."

A) might need
B) must need
C) would rather need
D) needed
E) have needed

Responses

+17
2 mins
Selected

might need

A no-brainer, as we say in the States.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Becker
5 mins
Thank you, Yvonne.
agree Dave Calderhead
10 mins
Thanks, Dave.
agree Suzanne Blangsted (X) : where is the party :D
1 hr
Thanks, BLANGSTED.
agree Jack Doughty : The best, but "must need" is also possible, if the guy is querying the basis of the assumption of how many guests there are going to be.
3 hrs
Ta, Jack.
agree Lesley Burgon
5 hrs
Thanks, Lesley.
agree Ulrike Kraemer : Back to multiple choice, are we? How about "will need"? ;-)
5 hrs
Thank you, Balu.
agree vixen
6 hrs
Thanks, Vixen.
agree Mara Ballarini
6 hrs
Thank you, Mara.
agree anastasia t (X)
6 hrs
Thanks, Anastasia.
agree Cilian O'Tuama : either very big bottles or a very small party
7 hrs
Thank you, Cilian.
agree Alison Jenner
7 hrs
Thanks, Alison.
agree Peter Shortall
9 hrs
Ta, Peter.
agree Olga B
12 hrs
Thanks, Olga.
agree Alfa Trans (X)
14 hrs
Thank you, Marju.
agree Yavor Dimitrov
15 hrs
Thank you, Tangra.
agree Richard Benham : I can't see how you can make anything else work here without being really far-fetched. 6 bottles of wine sounds fine to me, but what's everyone else drinking?
16 hrs
Thanks, Richard.
agree Zhuoqi Mills (X)
3 days 22 hrs
Thank you, Zhuoqi.
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