This document discusses the use of the modal verbs "should", "can", and "could" to express suggestions, recommendations, advice, abilities, permissions, and offers. It provides examples of dialogues using these modal verbs in context and notes some differences between their usage, such as "should" expressing stronger suggestions than "could". Patterns for each modal verb are given. The document concludes with an exercise asking the reader to complete sentences using either "should" or "can".

1. Should & Can
TheUseOf
Modal

2. Should is usually used to express
suggestion, recommendation, or
advice
Should

3. Lookatthefollowingexamples
What should I do to get the good
score?
You should study harder.
Nia
Should I take this shirt ?
RIO
Tia
Yes, you should take it. It looks
good on you.
Tia

4. Thosedialogueuseshouldtoask
forandgivesuggestion.
Pattern :
Should + base verb / v1
DELTALIGHT
GAMES

5. We usually use can to show
ability and permission.
Can also be used to give
suggestion and offer.
CAN
5

6. Lookatthefollowingexamples
Can I help you bring
this box?
Yes, Please
TIAN
I don’t know how I can
get to the airport.
DIMAS
PUTRI
I can give you a lift
to the airport.
PUTRI

7. IRA
What can I do to
be slim ?
You can exercise
regularly at the
gym.
KADEK
7

8. Pattern :
Can + base verb/v1
8
Thedialogueusecan
toaskforandgive
suggestionandoffer.

9. Wemostlyusecouldtogivesuggestion.
Really ?
That’s very
kind of you
ANI
KEKE
You could
spend your
vacation in
my villa

10. 10
ANOTHEREXAMPLE
Could +
base verb/
v1
PATTERN
I can’t
cook. My
mother is
not at
home.
You could
eat out
tonight.
GUNGGEK
KOMANG

11. NOTES
You should can be very strong.
People sometimes soften it by saying
I think you should…
01
Shall and should are both
auxiliary verbs, but they have
different usage and meanings.
02
Should in general English is used
as a past tense of shall, but the
usage is occasional.
Independently, should is not used
in the past, shall means
something that intended to take
place in the future.
03
Could is more formal that can.
Could is also less strong than
should.
04

12. TASK(doinyourexercisebookandsenditinGc)
Complete the following expressions with should or can
1. When you visit Bandung, you …. Stay at my house.
2. You look pale. You … sit down here for a while
3. I think I can’t read your handwriting. You ….write it neatly
4. It is cloudy outside. You …. Bring your umbrella or raincoat
5. There must be a problem with your computer. You ….. Borrow my
laptop
6. Your hair looks messy. You …. Get a haircut
7. …. I wash your car, Daddy? I am not busy today
8. I think you look thinner. You …. Go exercise and eat more
9. People …. Eat fresh vegetables and fruits if they want to be
healthy
10. If your mother doesn’t cook today, you …. Go to my house and
have lunch with me.
GOOD LUCK !!!