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Eng9 Module2

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What’s More

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful


learning and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can
do it!
This part of the lesson will help deepen your understanding on how
and when to use modal verbs.

Activity 1: Understanding Modals

Exercise A: Can, Could, or Be Able To?


Directions: Choose the correct modal verb to complete each sentence.

1. I don't think I will have much work next week. I think I will
______________ take a day off.
2. Excuse me, ______________ you tell me where the bus station is?
3. They haven't ______________ solve the problem yet.
4. She ______________ play the flute and the guitar.
5. When we were younger, we ______________ watch movies all
afternoon! Now we think it's boring.

Exercise B: Must, Might, or May?


Directions: Choose the correct modal verb to complete the sentence under
each picture. Sometimes more than one answer is correct.

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1. Oh no, I think they _______________ be hurt! But I'm not sure.

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2. They look just the same! I am sure that boy ______________ be his son.

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3. That looks delicious, and I am so hungry! ______________ I have some?

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4. He is running very well! I think he ______________ win!

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5. That looks like fun! ____________ we paint some eggs with you?

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Exercise C: Will, Shall, and Would

Directions: Here is a mistake in each of the sentences below. Correct the


mistakes by adding the correct modal verb.
1. Incorrect: They shall have a meeting later.
Correct: They _____________ have a meeting later.
2. If it were not raining, we will go for a walk.
If it were not raining, we ____________go for a walk.
3. I promise I would pay you back soon!

Direction: Complete the exercises to take another step towards English


fluency.
Exercise 1- Underline the correct modal from the two choices from an
article in a magazine about regrets.
Regrets

As we get older and when we think about our past, we sometimes


ponder the things that we should/can have done. And we
also may/shall regret those things we did badly and the mistakes we made.
In reality, we be able to/can always learn from our mistakes and hope to
never make them again. For example, if I failed a test because of a lack of
study, the next test I will/must hope to pass because of hard work.
Remember too that some regrets are not based in reality, and
we must/may waste time thinking that they are. Would/should I have
really not have been involved in a car crash if I had been driving more
slowly? After all, the other driver ought to/will have been concentrating and
not playing with their radio. We have to/would be honest with ourselves
and live in the now. The only things we used to/can control are the things
happening now, in this moment.

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What I Have Learned

Exercise 2 – Complete the blanks with must, can’t, or might.


1. Look at that guy's enormous muscles. He ________________ work out
a lot.
2. Michelle ________________ want to participate in the festival - it
seems like the type of thing she'd be interested in. Why don’t you
ask her?
3. She goes camping every weekend. She ________________ really love
the outdoors.
4. He worked hard on his report, then accidentally deleted the file
from his computer. He ________________ be upset.
5. You ________________ be right - but I'm going to check to make sure.
6. We're not sure if this painting is an original. It ________________ be
worth thousands of dollars. 7. I ________________ not be able to go
to the football game. It depends on whether I can get the afternoon
off from work.
7. He's working full-time and studying for his Ph.D. That
________________ be easy.
9. You just ate a huge dinner! You ________________ be hungry again
already!
10. Wow - look at that diamond necklace. It ________________ cost a
fortune.

Exercise 3 – Now complete the blanks with must, should, shouldn’t, or


couldn’t.

1. I'm so thankful for your help with this project. I ___________________ have
done it without you!
2. The repairs I made ___________________ have fixed the problem, but they
didn't - so I'll have to take another look.

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3. It ___________________ have rained a lot last night - there are puddles
everywhere.
4. I ___________________ have watched that horror movie; it gave me
nightmares.
5. We ___________________ have known about this; nobody told us anything
about it.
6. If you’ve been trying to lose weight, then you really ___________________
have eaten all that ice cream.
7. He ___________________ have finished a 500-page book in a single day!
8. She never showed up. She ___________________ have forgotten about our
appointment.
9. He broke two of the plates while washing the dishes. He
___________________ have been more careful.
10.They ate every bite of their dinner - they ___________________ have
enjoyed the food.

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What I Can Do

Write Me Up!
(at most five minutes
Directions: Write a dialogue conversation of a teacher and a student. to perform)
Use the following modals inside the box.
Also, use at least 3-5 transitions (conjunctive adverbs) in the conversations.

1. Can 5. Must 9. Ought to


2. Could 6. Must not 10. Shall to
3. May 7. May not 11. should
4. Might 8. Neet to 12. will

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