English · Feelings and Emotions

Obligation, prohibition & advice about feelings/behaviour

Decide if it is forbidden or just unwise

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6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • must/mustn't/should for obligation, prohibition, advice about feelings/behaviour

The method

  1. Test: is it forbidden (mustn't) or just unwise (should not)?

The common mistakes

  • mustn't used where a milder 'should not' is meant

From the lesson

A counsellor sends a short message to a student who feels nervous before the exam period.

The vocabulary

  • must/mustn't (يجب/يُمنع)

What is not on the syllabus

  • Articles with abstract nouns (treated separately, next concept)

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