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Lesson 3 - Modals

1. This document defines modal verbs and discusses their uses and examples. Modal verbs modify and change the meaning of main verbs and are used to give advice, requests, predictions, and prohibitions. 2. Common modal verbs are can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, and ought to. Each has a specific meaning and use. For example, can expresses ability or permission while could expresses past ability or suggestions. 3. The document provides examples of how each modal verb is used in sentences. It also provides exercises for students to practice using modal verbs in conversations and paragraphs.

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Lesson 3 - Modals

1. This document defines modal verbs and discusses their uses and examples. Modal verbs modify and change the meaning of main verbs and are used to give advice, requests, predictions, and prohibitions. 2. Common modal verbs are can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, and ought to. Each has a specific meaning and use. For example, can expresses ability or permission while could expresses past ability or suggestions. 3. The document provides examples of how each modal verb is used in sentences. It also provides exercises for students to practice using modal verbs in conversations and paragraphs.

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MODALS: DEFINITION,

USES AND EXAMPLE


PREPARED BY: MRS. JONETTE C. LANDAYAN
I can live, I can love
I can reach the heavens above
I can right what is wrong
I can sing just any song
I can dance, I can fly
And touch the rainbow in the sky
I can be your good friend
I can love you until the end
What took you so long to make me see
How lucky I am cause I am free
Free to do the things I wanna do

What took you so long to make me


feel
I can give love, a love so real
What took you so long to let me
know
VOCABULARY
OBJECTIVES

• Identify the modal verbs


• Distinguish the functions of each modal
verbs
• Use modals appropriately
PONDER
• think about (something) carefully, especially before
making a decision or reaching a conclusion.

SYNONYMS
• think about, reflect on, weigh up, deliberate
about.
Example:
He pondered the question before he
answered
REGRET
• a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused
by something that has happened or something that you
have done or not done.

Synonyms:
Lament, repent, mourn, rue, deplore, sorrow (for)
Example:
Don't say anything you might
regret later.
INEVITABLE

•certain to happen; unavoidable.


Synonyms:
Unavoidable, imminent, impending,
inescapable, inexorable, irresistible, and
necessary
Example:
The accident was the inevitable
outcome of carelessness.
READ AND EXAMINE THE SENTENCES
BELOW:

1. His 75-year-old mother is too old to ride a horse.

2. His 75-year-old mother might be too old to ride a


horse.
MODAL VERBS
are auxiliary or helping verbs which
modify or change the meaning of the
main verbs. You use modal verbs in
giving advice or suggestions, in making
requests, or in giving predictions and
prohibitions.
Use of CAN
• to express ability or opportunity, to request of
offer permission and to show possibility or
impossibility.

Example:
I can speak three languages fluently.
Use of Could
• to express possibility or past ability, make any
suggestion and polite request and use in conditional
sentences showing the possibility of the past

Example:
I could easily memorize a poem when I was younger.
Use of May
• to express a possibility. It can also be use to
give or request for a permission in formal cases.

Example:
May I borrow your book?
Use of Might
• for expressing a possibility. It is also used in conditional
sentences, also use ‘might’ to make some suggestions or
request.

Example:
I might be a few minutes late in our practice
Use of Will
• with promises and determinations that take place in
the future, to make predictions about the future.

Example:
My sister will visit Japan next year.
Use of Would
• serves as the past from of the modal verb ‘will’.
It indicates past habits for which we also use
‘simple past tense’ or ‘used to’.

Example:
When I was young. I would wake up early to play
with my friends.
Use of Shall
• to indicate a future action, promises or voluntary
actions, future events that often express
inevitability or predestination.

Example:
I shall meet you in the library at 9 a.m.
Use of Should
• to make a recommendation or give an
advice, obligation as well as an explanation.

Example:
You should study hard for the examination.
Use of Must
• to express certainty, necessity or strong
recommendation.

Example:
You must listen to your parents.
Use of Ought to
• to advise or make recommendations, to express
moral obligation, or to advise against doing
something.

Example:
You ought to follow the school rules and
regulations.
TO SUM IT UP, COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH BY WRITING DOWN THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MODAL VERBS
PREPARE A SHORT A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR STUDY HABITS
THE USING THE MODAL THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THEM.

• Group 1 – Use of Shall


• Group 2 – Use of Will
• Group 3 – Use of Must
• Group 4 – Use of Should
• Group 5 – Use of Would
WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES YOU
ENJOY DOING AT HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY. DO NOT
FORGET TO USE MODAL VERBS IN YOUR SENTENCES

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