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31/01/2021 11:29 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
“This ought to be the happiest evening you’ve ever known. You ought to be singing like a little child.”
(a) Who is the speaker and who is he talking to?
(b) How could this be the happiest evening for the person who is addressed to?
(c) Explain ‘ought to be’.
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31/01/2021 11:30 am
(a) The speaker is Major Percy (Mrs. Bramble’s brother) who is talking to the trainer, Mr. Fisher.
(b) This could be the happiest evening for Mr. Fisher if he really loved Bill.
(c) ‘should be’.