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SUBJECT &
English 9 QUARTER 1 WEEK 1 DAY _______________________________
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GRADE/LEVEL dd/mm/yyyy

TOPIC Express permission, obligation and prohibition

Express permission, obligation, and prohibition
Code: Objectives:
LEARNING
• Identify modals that express permission, obligation and
COMPETENCY EN9G-IVd-23:
prohibition.
• Use appropriate modals in sentences.
IMPORTANT: Do not write anything on this material. Write your answers on the Learner’s
Activity and Assessment Sheets provided separately.

UNDERSTAND
Topic Title: Express permission, obligation and prohibition
People express themselves in various ways. In this lesson, you will learn some common words in
English that express permission, obligation and prohibition. Let us try to define each learning
concept.
Permission simply means to give an authority or formal consent. It allows someone to do
something. An example of permission is when you are informed that you can attend a special gathering.
Obligation refers to an act of compelling oneself to do something, in order to have a particular
result. An example of this is when you feel that you have the obligation to look after the welfare of
your family.
Prohibition is defined as the act of outlawing or forbidding something. It suggests that you’re
deprived of doing what you want. An example to this is, as a teenager, you’re prohibited to drive a
motorbike without a driver’s license.
All these common words are categorized as formal or Informal or they can both function as Formal
and Informal (Shayna, 2018), depending on their contexts. Hence, these words can be illustrated using the
concept table that follows.
PERMISSION OBLIGATION PROHIBITION
WORDS FORMAL INFORMAL WORDS FORMAL INFORMAL WORDS FORMAL INFORMAL

can ✔ have to ✔ can’t ✔

allowed ✔ ✔ need to ✔ mustn’t ✔
may ✔ must ✔ not allowed ✔ ✔
permitted ✔ required ✔ not permitted ✔

SAQ-1: After reading, are you ready to discuss ways on expressing permission, obligation and
SAQ-2: prohibition? To further explore your understanding about this topic, answer SAQ-1 to 2 activities
on your answer Sheet.

Let’s Practice! (Answer on the separate sheets provided.)

Directions: A. Study each item. Choose the most correct modal that completes the meaning of each
sentence. Don’t forget to take note of the most correct answer of each item, because you
will use the same sentences in answering activity B.

1. I don’t _____ study hard to pass the test.

A. supposed to B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t E. need to

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2. Greeks believe that they _____ defy the gods.

A. supposed to B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t E. need to
3. She is _____ speak something about morality.
A. supposed to B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t E. need to
4. You _____ leave this country, as soon as you comply with all the requirements.
A. supposed to B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t E. need to
5. He _____ drive too fast, just to tail his enemy.
A. supposed to B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t E. need to

B. Use the same items in Activity A, and identify each if it expresses permission, obligation
or prohibition. Since Activity A and B are connected, each sentence in activity B is still
written the same way as it is written in activity A. In this manner, you will really take note
of the most correct answers in activity A, before answering Activity B.

6. I don’t _____ study hard to pass the test.

A. permission B. obligation C. prohibition
7. Greeks believe that they _____ defy the gods.
A. permission B. obligation C. prohibition
8. She is _____ speak something about morality.
A. permission B. obligation C. prohibition
9. You _____ leave this country, as soon as you comply with all the requirements.
A. permission B. obligation C. prohibition
10. He _____ drive too fast, just to tail his enemy.
A. permission B. obligation C. prohibition

REMEMBER
Key Points

Just to ensure that you won’t be confused on how to use these common English words: Permission,
Obligation or Prohibition, have a snapshot of the following:

Permission = It’s okay. Obligation = It’s necessary.

Prohibition = It’s not okay. No obligation = It’s not
necessary.

TRY
Let’s see how much have you learned today!
Directions: Answer each of the following items as instructed.

(Answer on the Learner’s Activity and Assessment sheets.)

A. Supply the missing modals using the correct way
of expressing permission, obligation or 4. Mom, _______ I have some more cheese on
prohibition. this spaghetti?
A. can B. would C. may D. could
PERMISSION
5. _______ you stay in my house for three more
1. _______ you mind if I cut these papers into pieces? days?
A. can B. would C. may D. could A. can B. would C. may D. could
2. _______ I borrow your dress for the party tonight? OBLIGATION
A. can B. would C. may D. could
3. _______ I have a look at your photos? 6. You _______ join the Grade 9 Curriculum
A. can B. would C. may D. could Team Building in December.
A. required B. need to C. have to D. must
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7. Everyone is _______ to wear the prescribed school

uniform in class.
A. required B. need to C. have to D. must
8. She _______ work hard to free herself from 1. ______ I have this
poverty. Chocolate cake? 6. ________
A. required B. need to C. have to D. must
9. Parents don’t _______ fill out the Learner’s 2. If he started out at 8,
Enrollment and Survey Form hard copies, because he ____ to be here now.
they can easily enroll their children using the 7. ________
online enrollment process.
A. required C. have to 3. You ____ join our
B. need to D. must
victory party tonight.
10. Tricia _______ convince her parents to send her 8. _______
to school, for her to have a brighter future.
A. required C. have to
B. need to D. must 4. Judith and Jane were
not ____ to play online
PROHIBITION games yesterday.
9. _______
11. During General Community Quarantine (GCQ),
you _______ go out for safety reasons.
A. don’t need to D. don’t have to 5. I can ____ this letter
B. allowed E. mustn’t at the Guard’s House. 10. ______
C. couldn’t
12. Public School students _______ report to school,
until the GCG is over.
A. don’t need to D. don’t have to C. When you express permission,
B. allowed E. mustn’t obligation and prohibition, what
C. couldn’t learning concept must be mastered? You
13. During your first day in school, you _______ may get the target learning concept, after
introduce yourself to everyone in the school
you try to combine all the first letters of
campus. the correct answers in items 1-5 in
A. don’t need to D. don’t have to activity B.
B. allowed E. mustn’t
C. couldn’t
14. I _______ tag your pictures, when I tried to post
something on your fb wall.
A. don’t need to D. don’t have to
B. allowed E. mustn’t
C. couldn’t
15. She’s forgetful, that’s why she wasn’t _______ to
participate in most of our virtual meetings.
A. don’t need to D. don’t have to
B. allowed E. mustn’t
C. couldn’t

B. Complete the board game. All you need to do is to

fill each tile with proper word/s used to express
either permission, obligation or prohibition.
Afterwards, identify each according to the
following: Per for permission, Ob for Obligation
or Pro for prohibition.

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Shayna, “Common English Words: Permission, Obligation, Prohibition,” Espresso

English, March 1, 2018, accessed June 13, 2020,
https://www.espressoenglish.net/common-english-words-permission-obligation-
prohibition/.

“Obligation,” Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster), accessed June 13, 2020,

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obligation.

“Permission,” Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster), accessed June 13, 2020,

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permission.

“Prohibition - Dictionary Definition,” Vocabulary.com, accessed June 13, 2020,

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/prohibition.
REFERENCE/S For further reading and more exercises, you may access the following links:

Kenneth Beare, “Common English Phrases and Role Plays for Getting Permission,”
ThoughtCo, accessed June 14, 2020, https://www.thoughtco.com/asking-for-
permission-in-english-1212032.

“Expressing Obligation in English,” Basic English Speaking, April 18, 2020,

https://basicenglishspeaking.com/expressing-obligation-english/.

EFL/ESL speaking lessons - Expressing prohibition in English. Accessed June 14,

2020. https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-
prohibition.php.

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