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Chart Modal Verbs

The document provides an overview of modal verbs, including their uses for ability, permission, requests, advice, possibility, deduction, obligation, lack of obligation, and prohibition. It includes examples for each modal verb and a fill-in-the-blank exercise to practice their usage. The structure for using modal verbs is consistent: 'MODAL VERB + VERB IN THE INFINITIVE'.

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Chart Modal Verbs

The document provides an overview of modal verbs, including their uses for ability, permission, requests, advice, possibility, deduction, obligation, lack of obligation, and prohibition. It includes examples for each modal verb and a fill-in-the-blank exercise to practice their usage. The structure for using modal verbs is consistent: 'MODAL VERB + VERB IN THE INFINITIVE'.

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MODAL VERBS

CAN (present) I can speak 3 languages.

COULD (past) When I was 5 I couldn’t

BE ABLE TO (other
ABILITY tenses)
swim.

CAN (informal) Could I use the

COULD (polite) computer, please?

PERMISSION WILL (neutral)


Can you give me a lift to

WOULD (polite)
the station?
REQUEST MAY
Could you pass me the
(formal)
salt, please?

May I have your attention?

SHOULD You look tired, you should have a holiday.


ADVICE OUGHT TO (formal) What do you think I should do?

MAY, MIGHT It may rain later, it’s getting cloudy.


POSSIBILITY
(weaker possibility) The phone is ringing. It must be Mary, she said she

MUST (sure) would call at 5. It can’t be her. She’s left her phone
DEDUCTION CAN’T (impossible)
here!

MUST (present, sense You must be on time for the lessons

of duty) I had to get up early for the

OBLIGATION HAVE TO (external trip on Sunday Did you have

authority, other tenses)


to work yesterday?

DON’T HAVE On Sat you don’t have to get up early


LACK OF
TO NEEDN’T You needn’t take an umbrella, it is not raining

OBLIGATION

MUSTN’T (sense of duty) You mustn’t drink beer, you

CAN’T (external are too young. You can’t take

PROHIBITION authority) photos in this museum.


They all follow the same rule:

MODAL VERB + VERB IN THE INFINITIVE

It’s the same for all subjects


Fill in the blanks with a modal form from the box !

CAN – CAN’T - COULD – COULDN’T - DIDN’T NEED TO - MUST –


MUSTN’T - NEEDN‘T

1. You’ve got plenty of time. You hurry.


2. There’s a knock at the door. I’m expecting Paul . It be him.
3. I can’t get my phone to work. It be out of order
4. I ask you a question ?
5. That was excellent work. But I do it without you.
6. She be 35. She looks older than that.
7. I go to work on Saturdays. It’s my day off.
8. Tom has given me a letter to post. I forget to post it.
9. Ann stayed in bed this morning because she go to work.
10. He play chess when he was young.
11. You drive a car when you’re 18.
12. Jack spends the whole day just walking around. He have a job.
13. When I was in school I do a hand stand, but now I’m too old. I
do one any more.
14. My mother keeps telling me that we wash our hands before we sit
down at the dinner table.
15. You forget to turn off the lights when you go to bed.
16. When I was a child I understand adults, now that I’m an adult I
understand children.
17. Sally looks sad and worried . She have a problem with something.
18. I see your passport please.
19. He’ sees very badly, so he wear glasses all the time.
20. I take a taxi because the bus was on time.
21. He owns a very expensive house. He be a rich person.
22. I swim well when I was a child. I even won the school
championships.
23. You go to the grocery store. We have some milk in the fridge.
24. I find my keys. I probably left them at my mother’s place.
25. You buy the tickets. I got two for free from dad.
26. She speak so rudely to her parents.
27. The teacher always tells us we cheat during a test.
28. I stop laughing. The joke was so funny.
29. I look at you. You’re so dirty. What were you up to ?
30. you turn down the volume ? – It’s too loud.
Maybe she will return tonight. – She ........................return tonight.

Don't stand up! - You...................stand up!

I'm sure they will finish it in a minute. – They ...................finish it in a minute.

There is no need to answer the letter. - You...................answer the letter.

Please, do it for me. -...................you do it for me?

I'd like to see your children. -...................I see your children?

I am not good at football. - I...................play football.

Do your homework! - You...................do your homework.

Let's take a taxi. - We...................take taxi.


Don't park your car on bends. It is illegal. – You ...................park your car on bends.

Perhaps she will agree with it. Who knows? - She...................agree with it.

I want you to tidy the classroom. - You...................tidy the classroom.

I need your help. It's too much work for me. - You...................help me.

Look at that baloon. It's over there. -...................you see the balloon?

Don't worry about dinner. I'll make it. - You...................worry about dinner.

It is not necessary to be there. - We...................be there.

Why don't you stay with us? No problem! - You...................stay with us.
Excuse me! ...................you speak French?

Alan isn't coming tonight. He...................come tomorrow, I hope.

There's a lot of work to do in the house. You...................help me!

You...................call him anymore. I have already called him.

She is over there. ...................you see her?

I................... borrow your pen, please?

Teachers...................beat children. It's forbidden.

I can hear some voices. Someone...................be in the house.

We...................eat sweets! We are on a diet.

You...................buy it on Sunday if you want. The shops are open.

You ...................drive me to the station. I can walk.

We want to be the best. We...................practise!

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