Modal Verbs - Romina Suárez Svaldi

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Talk about your abilities.
Mention:
 Two things/tasks you can do very well.
 Two things you can do but you usually don’t.
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1.Ability in the present
2.Request
3.Probability
CAN
1.Ability in the
past
2.Request
COULD
1. I can cook very well.
2. Can you open the window?
3. He can call you later.
1. I could fly a kite when I was 7.
2. Could you check this for me?
Be able (Present) = CAN
Be able (past) = COULD
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ADVICE
SHOULD OUGHT TO SHOULDN’T OUGHTN’T TO
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MAY MIGHT
Polite request
May I see your passport?
Weak probability
We might travel in July.
Probability
We may travel in July.
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Deduction & 
Personal obligation
They must come over for 
dinner.
I must prepare for the
exam.
Must
Prohibition
You mustn’t
drive after
drinking.
Mustn’t
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• External obligation
• They have to take off the shoes
before entering the temple.
Have/has to
•Necessity
• We need to go.
Need to
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1. Are you able to drive in big citites like New York?
2. Were your parents able to use the computer in 1965?
3. Could you wash the dishes when you were 3 years old?
4. Do you think it might rain today?
5. I have to study tomorrow. What about you?
6. Should people drive after drinking?
7. May we study together on Monday?
For more tips about modal verbs, browse: 
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/modal-verbs/ability-permission-
requests-and-advice
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Expressing CAN or COULD
Choose a country where someone might go for vacation . Write five sentences describing 
what a person can/ could do at that location.
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1. Answer this quiz: (the answers will be shown in a pop-up window)
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/modalquiz.html
2. Past Modals
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/could-have-should-have-would-have-
exercise-1.html
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