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Here are the responses with the appropriate modal verbs: 01- Can I go out with Judy, mom? 02- May I come in, teacher? 03- You should stop smoking. 04- I could swim 25 meters when I was a child. 05- Mary should break up her relationship with John. He is so bad for her. 06- You must not park here! 07- Halley should study more. 08- May she go to the doctor, Mr. Smith? 09- Everybody should be happy. 10- I think she might sleep early. 11- Mark could play basketball when he was a child. 12- Anne should obey her parents. 13- Bill

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Modal Verbs Text 2

Here are the responses with the appropriate modal verbs: 01- Can I go out with Judy, mom? 02- May I come in, teacher? 03- You should stop smoking. 04- I could swim 25 meters when I was a child. 05- Mary should break up her relationship with John. He is so bad for her. 06- You must not park here! 07- Halley should study more. 08- May she go to the doctor, Mr. Smith? 09- Everybody should be happy. 10- I think she might sleep early. 11- Mark could play basketball when he was a child. 12- Anne should obey her parents. 13- Bill

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The story of Helen Keller: the girl who could not see, hear or speak

Helen Keller could neither see nor hear from the time she was a baby. Yet the brilliant
girl was able to overcome all those handicaps, to graduate from a college with honors
and become a useful citizen.

I must say there was nothing wrong with Helen Keller when she was born. Her father
and mother were very proud of their pretty baby, who tried to say “pa-pa” and “ma-
ma”. For nineteen months Helen grew bigger and stronger. She was able to walk when
she was a year old; she could say a few words. But one day the child fell ill. She must
have been very ill. For days she was laid up with a high fever and soon the parents
learned that their darling would never be able to see and hear.

The little child was now doomed to a life of silence and darkness. She could not
hear what was said to her and did not know how to talk; she was unable to play with
other children. When Helen was 6 years old her parents took her to Baltimore and then
to Washington to famous doctors to find out if they could do something to make her
hear and see again, but the doctors could do nothing. The child was hopelessly deaf. Dr.
Bell said the Kellers should address the Perkins Institution for the blind in Boston and
ask if they could send someone to help the child.

It was a wonderful day for Helen Keller when Ann Sullivan arrived in March 1887 to
take charge of the child who could neither hear nor speak. Helen was nearly seven, Ann
Sullivan was past twenty. Ann Sullivan found a way to make herself understood. She
gave the child a doll, and taking Helen Keller’s hand she slowly spelled out "d-o-l". The
child learnt for the first time that things must have names.

When Miss Sullivan later spelled into the little girl’s hand the word “w-a-t-e-r” and then
let the water from the pumps run over her hand, a new light seemed to brighten the face
of the child. During the next 3 months, she learned 300 words and could even put some
of them into sentences. By means of the hand language, Helen and her teacher were able
to talk to each other.

Helen learned to read books that were printed for the blind with raised letters. She also
learned to use the typewriter to write what she wanted to say. When Helen was 10 she
was determined that she would learn to speak. At first she learned only the sounds of the
letters of the alphabet, but soon she was able to say words and sentences.

In the story of her life Helen Keller writes, “I shall never forget the surprise and delight
I felt when I uttered my first connected sentence: “It is warm.” At first she had much
difficulty with her speech, but Ann Sullivan understood what Helen was trying to say.
Helen practiced speaking day after day until at last she developed a clear voice. Later
she was able to speak before large crowds which came to hear her lectures.

At the age of 20 Helen Keller passed all the difficult entrance examinations to Radcliffe
College. Helen did extremely well in her classes and was able to keep up with the other
students. Helen wrote “The Story of My Life” while she was in college. In her writings
and lectures Helen did everything she could to help others who were blind.
Use Can, Could, May, Should or Must to fulfill the blanks. Explain your choice.
01- _____ I go to out with Judy, mom?
02- _____ I come in, teacher?
03- You _____ stop smoking.
04- I _____ swim 25 meters when I was a child.
05- Mary _____ break up her relationship with John. He is so bad for her.
06- You _____ not park here!
07- Halley _____ study more.
08- _____ she go to the doctor, Mr. Smith?
09- Everybody _____ be happy.
10- I think she _____ sleep early.
11- Mark _____ play basketball when he was a child.
12- Anne _____ obey her parents.
13- Bill _____ have talked with me yesterday.
14- He _____ do the exercise evreyday, mom!
15- _____ I go to the bath, Dr. Campbell?
16- _____ I eat a piece of cake, Martha?

Modal Verb Uses Examples


Can Ability (present) She can’t swim quite well.
Permission (informal) Can I go to the mall?
Could Polite request Could you help me, please?
Abilities (past) I couldn’t swim when I was a child.
May Permission (formal) May I speak to the manager, please?
Possibility (50%) They may be travelling.
Might Possibility (less than 50%) It might rain tomorrow.
Shall Suggestion Shall we go to the park?
Should Advice You shouldn’t drink so much.
Deduction He should be here by now.
Must Obligation You mustn’t drink alcohol any more.
Possibility (more than 50%) She must be tired after such a long trip.

Other “modal” verbs:


Would Have to
Ought to Be able to

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