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Modals Introduction
The document discusses modals and ability in language. It provides examples of modals like may, should, must, might that express possibility and certainty. It then discusses how "can" expresses ability and provides examples, stating that a bilingual person can speak two languages, a trilingual person can speak three languages, and describing someone who can speak one language as American.
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Modals Introduction
- 1. Moving past thePassive… onto the last grammar points! Week 9
- 2. Do you knowAnn? Well, I just walked by her classroom and she wasn’t there. Where is she?
- 3. Possibilities She could be… Shemight be… She may be… Maybe she’s…
- 4. What the heck? Yougo to your friend’s house, and you see a brown paper bag on the table. After a minute, it starts to move. You hear a ‘meow’ sound coming from the bag.
- 5. Highly Certain It hasto be… It must be…
- 6. What are thesecalled? May Should Must Might Ought to Have to Can Had better Could
- 7.
- 8. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak 2 languages=
- 9. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak 2 languages= Bilingual (bi = 2)
- 10. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak 3 languages=
- 11. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak 3 languages= Trilingual (tri = 3)
- 12. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak one language=
- 13. Can = Ability Aperson who can speak one language= American