This document provides an introduction to modal verbs in English. It defines modal verbs as auxiliary words that provide additional meaning to main verbs. It lists common modal verbs like can, could, may, must, have to, and should. It explains that modal verbs do not conjugate and do not take verb endings. It also categorizes modal verbs into single concept modals about ability, possibility, obligation, and recommendations, double concept modals about permission, probability, and assumptions, and past modals. The document provides examples of how to use different modal verbs correctly. It concludes by reminding students to practice the lessons and providing additional online resources to look up verb structures.

1. English Modal Verbs ?
FL790 Summer 2010
Instructor: Dr: Sehlaoui.

2. Introduction of Lesson I
 DEFINITION OF ENGLISH MODAL VEBS
 I am giving a general information about modal verbs in
this lesson:
* By giving Modals sentences to observe .
* By teaching students how to use inductive strategy to
synthesize and generalize the governing rules.
• By using the inductive strategy, students will become
autonomous learners and independent thinkers who
discover the rules of learning materials themselves.
• Part of my examples in classroom was taken from
Sentence Concordance proto:
http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/sentences/
• I think it is a very helpful and powerful to look up
sentences or group of words that we need to identify
meaning when we are not sure on other websites.

3. QUESTION 1
 Modal verbs are auxiliary
words that provide
additional and specific
meaning to main verbs of
the sentence which convey
the speaker's opinion about
or attitude towards what is
being expressed.
There are different
moods and different
ways to express modal
verbs in English .
What are
modal verbs?

4. Here are some samples of
Modals:
 Can
 Could
 Be able to
 May
 Must
 Have to
Ought to
Will
Would
Shall
Had better
Might

5. S+ M+V+..O+..A.
:
m o d a ls
B A S IC S TR U TU R E
F O R M
ABILITY, PERMISSION, POSSIBILITY,
OBLIGATION, EXPECTABILITY &
PROBABILITY.
Notice: Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the
third person.

6. :
H o w t o u s e t h e m o d a ls
B A S IC S TR U TU R E F O R M
E s s e n t ia l O p t io n a l
-Yo u n e e d t o p la y M o d a ls
b e t w e e n t h e s u b je c t a n d
.
t h e m a in Ve r b
- Yo u m u s t k e e p t h e m a in
.
Ve r b in t h e s a m e f o r m

7.  First, Modals
are not verbs
Correct
She can play.
They do not
accept
conjugation and
they do not need
other auxiliaries
Incorrect
She can plays.
MODALS: BASIC PRINCIPLES
Another principle is
they carry
complimentary
verbal meaning as
well.
Correct:
Will she play?
Incorrect
Will she can play?
-Are you going to
see your advisor ?
-I don’t know. I
think I should.

8. Question 2: What modals do we have
in English?
-Single concept
Modals.
-Double concept
Modals.
-Modals in Past
What modals do
we have in
English? We
can split them
into three main
categories that
are:

9. How we use single concept Modals
Modals Concept Examples
Will Future promising I will see you in August.
Can Present ability I can buy you dinner.
Might Small probability I may see her tomorrow.
Should Recommendation You should visit your
sister . She is sick.
Ought to Formal recommendation All our staff ought to
participate in the
meeting.
Had better Warning You had better tell your

10. How we use double concept Modals
Double
concept
Modals
Concept Examples
May (1) Permission May I come in?.
May (2) Good
probability
Davis may use the tax bill as a means to effect a
transition from special sessions of the Legislature to
normalcy.
ttp://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/sentences/conc.pl?inpu
Must (1) Obligation/Res
ponsibility
Once again, the United States must choose.
http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/sentences/conc
Must (2) Assumption She did not arrive. She must be sick.

11. How to use double concept Modals
Would (1) Past ( used to) When I was younger I would run
five miles every day.
Would (2) Present unreal I would buy this car, but I can’t not
afford it.
One might think the problem would be
similar.

12. How we use double concept Modals
Double concept
Modals
Concept Examples
Shall (1) Educated
expression
I’m sorry. I shall leave now.
Shall (2) Contractual
obligation
The company shall pay to their workers by
the end of the month.
Could (1) Unreal ability If I had money ,I could buy you that
watch.
Could (2) Past ability He could terminate special sessions of
the Legislature.
http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/sente

13. That is the End of the lesson 1.
The Past Modals we will take a look in lesson 2 after
tomorrow. What I want you to do for this lesson is to
practice what you just learnt by doing exercise from the
hand out which I printed out from the link. I also remind you
that you must do your home work at home before you go to
class. http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html
I found a very useful website where you can look up group
of words or sentences that you want to verify. Here is the
website: http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/sentences/

14. REFLECTION ON TEACHING & LEARNING WITH
CALLT
 The experimental group improved as a
result of blending online and in-class
instruction.
From different
sources together
with good
instructional
strategies applied
will bring students
good inputs.
Transformation Output
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