Modal Verbs notes
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This Modal Verbs notes page gathers community-made notes on advice, possibility, obligation and deduction. It is for school students practising modal verbs and teachers looking for material to support that practice. There are over 40 notes, mostly for secondary level. Pick a topic and explore the notes.
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SHOULD / SHOULDN'T GIVING ADVICE WE USE SHOULD AND SHOULDN'TYou should means something like I think it is a good idea for you to do it. You should sleep 8 hours everydayYou shouldn't means something like I think it is a bad idea for you...
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might - may might - may Might and may are used mainly to talk about possibility. They can also be used to make a request, to ask permission, or to make a suggestion. When might and may are used with the same meanin...
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Grammar Reference Unit 1 GRAMMAR REFERENCE OBLIGATION MUST / HAVE TO We use must or have to to express obligation or nessecity. We use had to to express obligation or nessecity in the past. We use musnt´t to show that something is forbidden. ...
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Can and Could Possibility We use the modal can to make general statements about what is possible:It can be very cold in winter. (= It is sometimes very cold in winter)You can easily lose ...
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Modals 1. CanCan + infinitive (can speak)Can has only two forms - present (can) and past (could)We use can to say that something is possible/somebody has the ability to do somethingCan you speak any foreign language?I can co...
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MODAL VERBS - creado desde un Mapa Mental OBLIGATION PROHIBITION PERMISSION / REQUEST
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Other ways to express obligation + taulukko taivutuksista MUST JA HAVE TO- MUOTOJEN LISÄKSI PAKKOA JA TÄYTYMISTÄ VOI ILMAISTA MYÖS SEURAAVIN TAVOIN... be forced to/be compelled to/be obliged to--------täytyä, olla pakko need to -----tarvita, täytyä should---pitäisi ought to-...
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CAN - CANNOT - created from Mind Map CAN - CANNOT USES OF CAN1.- ABILITY or POSSIBILITY I can swim2.- PERMISSION You can use my pen. CAN + VERB* Base form of the infinitive He can speak English He can speks English X No "s" in the verb He can to speak En...
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Advice, expectation, and obligation - created from Mind Map Advice Strong advice/wearning Expectation
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MODALS OF DEDUCTIONS - creado desde un Mapa Mental Some modal verbs can be used to express probability in the present and past. Must, can't: expressing present probability We use might, may or could
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Should in different tense contexts Task: Create your own mini-situations for each case following the example. Example: A workaholic and his wife Honey, it’s 4 a.m. You should be sleeping. Honey, tomorrow you have an import...
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Modals Permission and Obligation Modals Permission and Obligation. Permission. Can: ask and give permission, informal. - Can I sit here? Could: ask permission, more formal than can. - Could I interrupt? May: Is the most formal way to ask and gi...
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MODAL VERBS - created from Mind Map NECESSITY, ADVISABILITY, PERMISSION, OR PROBABILITY REQUEST NECESSITY
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Giving advices - Criado a partir de um Mapa Mental SHOULD OUGHT TO HAD / 'D BETTER
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MODAL VERBS - creado desde un Mapa Mental OBLIGATION AND PROHIBITION ABILITY POSSIBILITY, DEDUCTION AND CERTAINTY
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Modal perfects for speculation - creado desde un Mapa Mental Modal verb + have + past partiiciple Usage: speculate about what happened in the past Must
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Modal Verbs - creado desde un Mapa Mental Should Can - Could May - Might
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5 ways to use would 1) ConditionalsI would memorise these sentences if I were you!2) Future in pastWhen you started learning English you knew you would be fluent one day.3) Reported speechFinn said he would teach us how to use would.4) R...
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Untitled When you are traveling through Thailand, you will be exploring ancient temples. You must visit them The temples must be breathtaking. You might be overwhelmed by their beauty. The experience must have been incredible ...
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CAN/COULD/COULDN'T 26 26.1 Gary was traveled a lot. He can speak five languages. I haven't been able to sleep very well recently. Nicole can drive but she hasn't got a car. I used to be able to stand on my head but I can't do it now. I can...
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4A Failure and succes Grammar: can, could be able to (ability and possiblity CAN/COULD CAN is a modal verb. It only has a present form (which can be used with future meaning) and a past or conditional form (COULD) For all other tenses...
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MODAL MODALS - suporting verb - helping verbs that are used only with a main verb to help express its mood such as possibility, ability, permission, obligation, request and others HOW DO WE USE MODALS? -followed by the...
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Comment using must and can't Task: Comment on the next situations using possible for the offered context forms of “must be/be doing/have done/have been doing” and “can’t be/be doing/ have done/have been doing” Example: She is upset. She must be a...
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Modal Verbs - created from Mind Map Permission Making Request Confirmation
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Mind Map - created from Mind Map Must Could Should
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MODALS VERBS - created from Mind Map WOULD MIGHT SHOULD
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modal verbs MODAL VERBS OBLIGATION MODAL VERBS Must shows us that the obligation is imposed by the speaker You must be here 5 minutes before the exam Have to is used to express obligation imposed by another person rather by the s...
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Untitled A. I think we should take a trip to Japan. We have to renew our passports then. B. Why don’t we see the new musical? We have to check how much the tickets are. C. I decided t...
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PAST MODAL OF SPECULATION - creado desde un Mapa Mental STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE COULD HAVE
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Modal Verbs - created from Mind Map Probability Impossibility Certainty
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Modal verbs - creado desde un Mapa Mental We use modal verbs to show if we believe something is certain, probable or possible (or not). Can/could May
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MODAL VERBS - created from Mind Map After a modal we use the verb in base form. OBLIGATION POSSIBILITY
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MODALS OF DEDUCTION - creado desde un Mapa Mental We can use certain modal auxiliary verbs to make deductions We used different modal auxiliary verbs depending on how strong our guess is: must, may, might, could and can He must be in the kitchen. - very sure - 99%. H...
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MODEL VERBS - created from Mind Map should had better Obligation
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MODALS - creado desde un Mapa Mental MUSTN'T MUST MIGHT
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Unexplained phenomena and events - creado desde un Mapa Mental For especulation For impossibility Linking expressions
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Unit- 1 - creado desde un Mapa Mental - HAVE TO - MUST - NEED TO - CAN - COULD - WILL ABLE TO AFIRMATIVE
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Modals of Permission, Obligation, Prohibition
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Modal Verbs - created from Mind Map HAVE TO CAN DONT HAVE TO
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Unit 3 "Do it or not?" Lesson 1 Unit 3 "Do it or not?" Lesson 1 1. Listen to the recording and answer the quiz. 2. these expressions that are mentioned in the audio express obligation, possibility or permission.
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These notes look at modal verbs in contexts. Can and Could includes examples of possibility, while Grammar Reference Unit 1 covers obligation with must and have to. Other notes address advice with should and shouldn't, uses of would, and deduction in the present and past.
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Start with Modals if you want to look at can and could for ability and possibility. For a narrower focus, choose the notes on should and shouldn't, which include examples of advice. Read an example, cover it, then try writing a sentence of your own using the same modal verb.
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