must

I must admit

B2, concession, fixed expressions, MODALITY, must

The fixed expression ‘I must admit’ is used to express something that you feel guilty or embarrassed about, or to show that someone else impresses you more than you expected. For example:
I must admit, I’m not very good at this sort of thing.
I must admit, you’re quite a singer.

The fixed expression ‘you must admit’ is used to express concession, which means acknowledging a point made by someone else, even if you disagree with them. For example:
You must admit, he has a point.
You must admit, it was a close game.

MUST questions

B2, MODALITY, must, necessity, obligation, QUESTIONS

Affirmative must questions are questions that use the modal verb must in the affirmative form. The modal verb must expresses obligation or necessity. In affirmative must questions, the subject of the verb must is inverted, meaning that the subject comes before the verb. For example:

Must I do my homework?
Must you go now?
Must we help them?
In these questions, the speaker is asking the listener if they are obliged or required to do something. The answer to these questions can be yes or no.

Must questions

B2, MODALITY, must, QUESTIONS

This is a place holder for duplicate entries in the EGP.  Both entries use the same example sentences too.  There is little difference except that the use is added to the second.  We have expanded these points on another page.  Click here. 147 MODALITY must B2 QUESTION form. 161 MODALITY must B2 USE: to ask …

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MUST + modal adverb

ADVERBS, C2, MODALITY, must, VERBS

These are the 12 adverbs I would teach with “must” to advanced students: correctly, either, generally, somehow, therefore, constantly, currently, necessarily, simply, successfully, surely, satisfactorily, ultimately.