With these presentation you have the most common modals to teach to your students. It includes examples and the effects of each modals. It will be of a awesome help for you and your students since they will see everything from it.
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Modals
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2. THINGS TO KNOW
Modals are auxiliary verbs used to give a
judgement or interpretation about an action or state.
Modals cannot be the main verb of sentences.
After a modal you always have to use the base
form a the following.
3. WILL-SHALL (FUTURE)
I will graduate in two years.
I shall graduate in two years.
Contraction:
I’ll graduate in two years.
5. SHOULD-OUGHT TO (ADVICE AND
EXPECTATION)
You should talk to your boss.
He should be here by 9 o’clock.
You ought to talk to your boss.
He ought to be here by 9 o’clock.
6. MIGHT-MAY (PERMISSION AND POSSIBILITY)
Permission.
May I borrow your pen?
You may leave the room.
Possibility.
Where’s John?
He may be at the library.
He might be at the library.
7. CAN (ABILITY, POSSIBILITY, PERMISSION)
Ability or possibility.
I can run very fast.
Permission.
You can use my car tomorrow.
Informal polite request.
Can I use your car tomorrow?
8. COULD (PAST OF CAN, SUGGESTION, POLITE
REQUEST, POSSIBILITY)
Ability or possibility (in the past)
I could run very fast when I was a child.
Possibility.
I could run very fast.
Polite request.
Could I use your car tomorrow?
Suggestion.
You could talk to your teacher.
9. MUST (STRONG NECESSITY, HIGH
PROBABILITY)
Strong necessity.
I must register this asset today.
High probability.
Ana must be studying.
10. NEGATIVES
Add not after the modal.
I can not run very fast.
You should not talk to your boss.
You could not talk to your teacher.
I must not register this asset today.
You may not leave the room.