The document discusses the modal verbs CAN, CAN'T, MUST, and MUSTN'T and their meanings and uses. CAN indicates ability, request, or permission. CAN'T indicates lack of ability, certainty that something is impossible, or lack of permission. MUST indicates necessity, obligation, or certainty that something is true. MUSTN'T indicates prohibition. Several examples are provided to illustrate the uses of each modal verb.
The document discusses the modal verbs CAN, CAN'T, MUST, and MUSTN'T and their meanings and uses. CAN indicates ability, request, or permission. CAN'T indicates lack of ability, certainty that something is impossible, or lack of permission. MUST indicates necessity, obligation, or certainty that something is true. MUSTN'T indicates prohibition. Several examples are provided to illustrate the uses of each modal verb.
The document discusses the modal verbs CAN, CAN'T, MUST, and MUSTN'T and their meanings and uses. CAN indicates ability, request, or permission. CAN'T indicates lack of ability, certainty that something is impossible, or lack of permission. MUST indicates necessity, obligation, or certainty that something is true. MUSTN'T indicates prohibition. Several examples are provided to illustrate the uses of each modal verb.
The document discusses the modal verbs CAN, CAN'T, MUST, and MUSTN'T and their meanings and uses. CAN indicates ability, request, or permission. CAN'T indicates lack of ability, certainty that something is impossible, or lack of permission. MUST indicates necessity, obligation, or certainty that something is true. MUSTN'T indicates prohibition. Several examples are provided to illustrate the uses of each modal verb.
ability, request or lack of ability, necessity, obligation, prohibition
possibility/permission certainty that certainty that something is something is true. "You mustn't exceed "I can jump high!" impossible, lack of the speed limit" (ability) permission. "You must study if "Can I go to the toilet, you want to pass the please?"(request) "She can't speak exams" (necessity) "You can eat in the Japanese" (lack of "You must follow the canteen" ability) rules" (obligation) (possibility/permission) "He can't be home "It's ten o'clock, so so early" (certainty James must be that something is home." (certainty impossible) that something is "You can't go to the true) toilet now" (lack of permission)
ACTIVITY 1: Read the sentences carefully and choose the correct modal verb:
a) David is 14 years old. He
have a driving licence. b) You respect other people's opinions. c) you pass me the butter, please? d) If you have a problem with one of your classmates, you ask for help. e) Jane is so intelligent! She speak five languages. f) Students wear a uniform at Eton College. It is a famous private school in England. g) Kelly, you clean you room before going out with your friends! h) You smoke in hospitals. It's totally forbidden! i) How I get to Oxford Street from here, please? j) What she told me be true. I'm certain it is false. k) What she told me be true. I'm certain it is true. l) Anne always arrives home at 9 o'clock. It's 9:30 now, so she be home. m) Alex always arrives home at 8 o'clock. It's 7:15 now, so he be home. n) These are the house rules: You listen to loud music. You stay out of your bedroom after midnight. You keep your bedroom clean. You be home before ten in the evening. These rules are strict! ACTIVITY 2: Write sentences with MUST/MUSTN'T and the information below:
a) Students/go to school on Fridays. .
b) You/use a mobile phone in class. . c) Children/revise before exams. . d) We/help our parents with the housework. . e) You/copy your classmates' answers! !
ACTIVITY 3: Look at the pictures and write true sentences:
a) Look! That's a police car. They are speeding, so they
b) Anne is an excellent swimmer. c) What a lovely drawing. d) Anne doesn't usually get good marks, but she had a very good mark in the maths exam. e) That woman has a very valuable ring with a big diamond. f) The man in the picture is wearing a thick coat and a scarf.
ACTIVITY 4. Write sentences to match the functions. Use CAN, CAN'T, MUST or MUSTN'T:
a) You/eat in the classroom. (prohibition) .
b) Students/memorize vocabulary. (obligation) . c) We/watch TV after doing our homework. (permission/possibility) . d) She/speak Chinese. (lack of ability) . e) David/run 900 metres in 4 minutes? (ability) ? f) She/be Italian (certainty that something is impossible) . g) He/come from the USA. (certainty that something is true) .