8. OBJECTIVES
A. Identify modals of verb used in expressing different functions;
B. Construct sentences using modal verbs following its function;
and
C. Cite the importance of using these modal verbs in everyday
living, especially in written and spoken communication of
ideas.
13. FUNCTIONS OF MODAL VERBS
1. Possibility (might)
2. Request (could)
3. Willingness (will/would)
4. Permission (may/can)
5. Recommendation
(should)
6. Obligation (Ought
to/must/have to/should)
You should try swimming. (Recommendation)
I should fetch my brother at his school.
(Obligation)
19. SHORT QUIZ
Fill the blanks with an appropriate modal.
1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You ___ buy any.
(obligation/ability)
2. It’s a hospital. You ______ smoke. (request/advice)
3. He ____ be tired after such hard work. (expectation/obligation)
4. I _____ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived
in Morocco. (permission/ability)
5. The teacher said we ____ read this book for our own pleasure
as it is optional. (permission/possibility)
