CELTA Application task

[Marusha]

Hello all!

I am new here and am going to apply for a CELTA course in Germany.
My mother tongue is Russian, but I studied English for some years in Russia. It seems that my language awareness is not good enough to do the CELTA assignment correctly. I would appreciate any help greatly.

The task is as follows:

Which of the items in each group is different from the others and in what way?
A to need
B to show
C to bring
D to open

At first I thought that (A) is the odd one out because it can be used as a modal verb and in this case the Infinitive after it is used without to. But now I am not sure.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Tdol]

Could it be d)?

They opened the shop at 9am.
The shop opened at 9am. (Ergative verb)

[Marusha]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Could it be d)?

They opened the shop at 9am.
The shop opened at 9am. (Ergative verb)

Tdol, thank you for your answer. Are you sure? 2 members have confirmed my answer with a) need.(in the other thread).
But your answer is also logical. I have no idea. But need is the first what occurred to me.