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Modals: Should, Must, Allowed To

This document provides information about the modal verbs must, should, and be allowed to. It defines their meanings and gives examples of their uses. Must is used to express obligation or necessity. Should is used to give advice or indicate probability. Be allowed to expresses permission. The document then provides exercises for students to practice using these modal verbs in different contexts, including filling in blanks, answering comprehension questions, completing sentences, and writing responses using the modal verbs.

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Modals: Should, Must, Allowed To

This document provides information about the modal verbs must, should, and be allowed to. It defines their meanings and gives examples of their uses. Must is used to express obligation or necessity. Should is used to give advice or indicate probability. Be allowed to expresses permission. The document then provides exercises for students to practice using these modal verbs in different contexts, including filling in blanks, answering comprehension questions, completing sentences, and writing responses using the modal verbs.

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Modals: should, must, allowed to

A. Must
1. Must is similar to have to. We use it to say that it is necessary or very important to
do something or for obligation.
- You must come home before 11 o’clock.
- I’m late – I must go!
2. We use mustn’t to say that it is necessary or very important not to do something.
- You mustn’t be late.
- I mustn’t forget to go to the bank.
Mustn’t has a different meaning from don’t / doesn’t have to.
You don’t have to leave now. (= It isn’t necessary for you to leave, although you
can if you want to)
- You musn’t leave now. (= Don’t go – you must stay here!)
3. We use must / mustn’t + base form of the verb, and the form is the same for all
subjects. We don’t use any form of do in the negative.
- I must get up early tomorrow. - I mustn’t miss the train.
- She must save some money. - She mustn’t spend it all.
B. Should
1. When we want to say that something is a good idea (or is not a good idea), give
advice, and probability, we can use should or shouldn’t.
- I should work this evening. (I think this is a good idea for me)
- They shouldn’t buy that computer. (I think this is a bad idea for them.
- Should we go home now? (Do you think this is a good idea for us?)
2. We use should / shouldn’t + base form of the verb, and the form is the same for
all subjects. We don’t use any form of do in the negative.
- I should lose some weight. - I shouldn’t eat this chocolate.
- You should come to the cinema with us. - You shouldn’t stay at home on
your own.
3. Questions are formed with should + subject + base form of the verb. Again, we
don’t use any form of do in questions or short answers.
- Should we wait for Lisa? Yes, we should. / No, we shouldn’t.
- Should I tell my parents? Yes, you should. / No, you shouldn’t.
C. Be allowed to
1. Be allowed to
We use be allowed to to say that you do (or don’t) have permission to do
something.
- At my school, we are allowed to wear jeans.
- You aren’t allowed to smoke in restaurants in New York.
2. Be allowed to are followed by the infinitive.
- I am not allowed to watch the late-night film.
I. Complete the sentences with must or mustn’t and verbs from
the box and match them with the pictures.

watch forget sleep help cheat


tell fight raise speak go

1. Children _______________ against other pupils at break, it can


be dangerous.
2. If you want to please your teacher, you _______________ her
/him to clean the board.
3. Students _______________ during tests because it is unfair!
4. To respect others, you _______________ your hand when you
want to speak!
5. Students _______________ enough at night in order not to sleep
in class!
6. You _______________ too much television.
7. You _______________ my secret to anybody.
8. You _______________ to the dentist with a toothache.
9. You _______________ loudly in a library.
10. You _______________about Mother’s Day.
II. Reading Comprehension: School rules
Read the texts about the school rules and fill in the table.

Hi! My Name is Michael, I’m sixteen years old and I


live in London. There are many rules in my school!
We mustn’t listen to music, we mustn’t run in the
corridors, we mustn’t eat chewing-gum in the
school,... But we must wear a uniform. I hate the
school uniform! Another rule that I don’t like: we
must do our homework! If we break the school rules,
we have detention!

Hello! My Name is Annie, I’m sixteen years old and I


live in Houston, Texas. We must follow a lot of rules in
our school. We mustn’t smoke in the school and we
mustn’t take our smartphones to school, but nobody
follows that rule! We must arrive on time at school. If
we are late, the headmaster calls our parents and we
have detention! We must read a lot of books and do
our homework.

Hi! My Name is Alex, I’m seventeen years old and I live


in Paris. We must listen to our teachers in our school
and we must be polite. We mustn’t fight in the school
and we mustn’t swear! We mustn’t be late in school
and we mustn’t sleep in class! We mustn’t listen to
Pupils
music in the classroom or inWe must…but we can
the corridors, We mustn’t…
listen to music in the playground.

Michael

Annie

Alex

III. Complete the sentences with should or shouldn’t.


1. If someone doesn’t speak your language very well, you
____________ speak fast; you ___________ speak slowly and
carefully.
2. If you need a pen, you ____________ say ‘Give me that pen’; you
___________ say ‘Could I borrow your pen, please?’
3. If people want to live until they’re very old, they ___________ eat a
lot of fruit and vegetables; they ___________ eat a lot of cakes and
chocolate.
4. In a big city you __________ be careful with your money; you
___________ leave your bag on a chair in a restaurant.
5. When you’re driving, you ____________ drive for hours and hours
without stopping; you __________ stop and walk round every two
hours.
6 When people are travelling by plane, they __________ drink lots of
water; they __________ wear uncomfortable clothes.

IV. Give advice with the expressions from the box. Use you, he,
she, we, they should or shouldn’t.

take medicine / take up swimming / worry about it


eat so much sweets / do little jobs or go babysitting /ask your teacher to
explain it again / study harder / watch too much television / practise a
lot / get up earlier
1. We are often late for school.
_______________________________________
2. My friends laugh at me because I don’t have expensive clothes.
_______________________________________
3. My mother has got a terrible headache.
_______________________________________
4. I don’t understand how to give advice in English.
_______________________________________
5. My brother gets very bad marks at school.
_______________________________________
6. We’re going to write a Maths test tomorrow.
_______________________________________
7. My sister can’t swim and she wants to go to Greece next
summer. _______________________________________
8. I always feel tired. _______________________________________
9. My friends love eating and they’re very fat.
_______________________________________
10. I want to buy some new clothes but I haven’t got any money.
_______________________________________

V. Make sentences using should or shouldn’t.


1. people / watch / less TV -
______________________________________
2. boys and girls / go / to different schools -
______________________________________
3. men and women / get / the same pay for the same job -
____________________________
4. people / be / free to smoke in public places -
____________________________________
5. we / stop / testing medicine on animals -
______________________________________
6. we / destroy / nuclear weapons -
______________________________________

VI. Fill in the blank using must/ mustn’t / should / shouldn’t.


1. My brother _________use a towel when he goes to the gym for

hygienic reasons.
2. We _________talk during the exam.

3. You _________change your shirt. It’s dirty.


4. We _________wear uniforms at work.

5. You _________talk to her. She isn’t honest with you.


6. You _________mix black and white clothes in the washing

machine.
7. My sister _________help our mother. She’s tired.

8. We go to eleventh floor. We _________take the lift.


9. You _________copy in your exams!
10. You _________park here. It is not allowed.

11. My grandmother _________ eat sugar. She is diabetic.

VII. Writing

Imagine that you are going to go on a long I must look after my money.
holiday.Write sentences with must mustn’t r____________________________________________________
or should / shouldn’t.Use the following ____________________________________________________
expressions: ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
-write to my parents every week ____________________________________________________
-lose my passport ____________________________________________________
-look after my money ____________________________________________________
-phone every day ____________________________________________________
-talk to strangers ____________________________________________________
-go out alone when it is dark ____________________________________________________
-drink too much alcoholic drinks ____________________________________________________
-have a bath/ shower every day ____________________________________________________
-go dangerous place ____________________________________________________
-swim far into the sea ____________________________________________________
-phone if you are in trouble _____________________________
-take suncream
-take anything valuable
-put too much into my bags
-make friend strange people
-help for young ladies
-drive too fast
-buy expensive souvenirs
-ask a policeman when you are lost
-have a good time
-use a map
VIII. Fill in the blanks with be allowed to / be not allowed to.

1. In class, we ______________ chew gum.


2. In a museum, people ______________ take pictures.
____________________________________________________
___________________
3. At the cinema, people ______________ smoke.
4. Karen ______________ go out if she hasn't finished her homework.

5. You ______________ watch TV late after 11 p.m tonight because


tomorrow is Sunday.

6. I ______________ go out with my friends late only at weekends.


7. Kevin ______________ play video games after doing his homework.

8. Your children ______________ play in the street until 5.00 pm.


9. I'm sorry Madam, but you ______________ walk on the grass.

10. It ______________ jump on the boat. It's really dangerous.

IX. Complete the second sentence so it means the same as first.

Use the correct for of be allowed to.


1. You can´t any mistakes. The teacher gets angry! You __aren´t
allowed to_ make any mistakes.
2. I couldn´t borrow my sister´s dress for the party. I

______________________ borrow my sister´s dress for the party.


3. Jenny hopes she can go on vacation with her friends this

summer. Jenny hopes she _____________________ go on vacation


with her friends this summer.

4. We can´t eat our lunches in the classroom. We


__________________________ eat our lunches in the classroom.
5. The teacher won´t let you do your homework tomorrow. She´s

expecting it today. You _________________________ do your


homework tonight.

X. Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentences.

1. She’s not allowed watch too much TV.


2. We wasn’t allowed to play outside yesterday.

3. The dog doesn’t allowed to lie on the sofa.


4. It;s Friday today. So you allowed to stay up late.

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