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Lesson 1.5 Modals

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Can you make

inspirational
sentences/ message
out of these set of
pictures?
What is the most
valuable thing that
you have? How did
you get it?
What is your greatest
dream or desire? How
are you going to attain
it?
Modal Verbs/Modals
 give additional information about the
function of the main verb that follows it.

Ex.: I will help you.


(Modal) (Main Verb)

●Modals have the following features in


common: (a) they are always followed by
the base form of the verb; (b) they are the
same for all pronouns; and (c) they do not
need auxiliaries.
 The boy can play baseball.
 The boy will play baseball.
 The boy should play baseball.
 The boy may play baseball.
 The boy must play baseball.
Examples of
Modals
1. Can
 It expresses ability
 I can drive a car.
 Lily can play Chopin’s “Nocturne Op. 9” on piano.
 It expresses possibility
 Smoking can cause cancer.
 It asks permission
 Can I bring it here?
2. Could
 It expresses ability
 I could drive a car when I was young.
 Lily could play Chopin’s “Nocturne Op. 9” on piano during her high school days.

 It expresses possibility
 Luckily you stopped! Smoking could cause cancer.
 It asks permission
 Could I bring it here?
3. May
 It expresses possibility
 We may go to New York.
 She may be late tomorrow.
 Is used to ask permission
 May I sit next to you?
 May I go to the restroom?
 It expresses wish
 May all your wishes come true.
4. Might
 It expresses probability
 We might go to New York.
 It might rain later.
5. Will
 It expresses action that will happen in the future
 I will audition for the antagonist’s role in our coming school play.
 It expresses decision
 I will go and see what is happening.
 It expresses request
 Will you copy these files?
 It expresses promises and predictions
 I will always remember you.
6. Would
 It is used for a future action but is no longer in the future now
 Mark said that he would finish the documents next week.
 Used for asking questions, it is more polite than using will
 Would you like some apple juice?
 Expresses unreal conditions
 If I were the judge, I would convict them.
7. Shall
 Used to express ideas related to specific rules or law
 Kids shall not enter this room.
 Used to express things that will happen in the future
 We shall be here at 10 pm.
8. Should
 It expresses personal opinion or to advise someone
 You should call the police.
 Used to express desire that something happened in the past
but it did not occur
 Gabriel should have tried it.
 Used to indicate obligation and duty
 You should wear your seatbelt.
9. Ought to
 It expresses probability
 Prices of oil are ought to come down soon.

 It expresses moral obligation


 We ought to respect the elders.
10. Must
 It expresses necessity
 You must improve your hand-writing.
 It expresses strong obligation
 The tenant must pay the agreed amount on the first day of every month.
 Logical certainty
 Living in such crowded conditions must be difficult.
Activity: Identify the appropriate modal to
use in the following sentences:
1. W​ e _________ finish our work before the
deadline. (Ability)
2. ​You ________ tell them now to sanitize their
masks properly. (Necessity)​
3. ​All of you ________ ask questions whenever
there are things that are unclear. (Permission)​
4. ________ you buy me a pack of potatoes when
you go to the market? (Request)​
5. ​You ________ have bought the tickets early.
(Advise)​
Answers:
1. Can
2. Must
3. May
4. Could
5. Should
Supply the most appropriate modal for each
sentences.
1. You _______ use scholarly articles to support
your claims.
2. People _______ observe social distancing
when in public.
3. Leah ______ baked a perfectly good cake.
4. The people _______ be wiser in choosing the
next leaders.
5. Father ________ be exhausted after taking a
long walk to go to his work.
6. I think you _____ try painting to release your
stress. (Advice)
7. In the presence of the court judge, you _____
tell the truth. (Necessity)
8. Leah ______ baked a perfectly good cake.
(Ability)
9. I ______ like to try skydiving. (Desire)
10. You _______ enter the room as long as you
have visitor’s pass. (Permission)
Answers:
1. May, Can
2. Must
3. Should, Must
4. Should, ought to, must
5. Ought to, may
6. Should, can
7. Should, shall, must, ought to
8. Can
9. Would, will
10.Can, may, could

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