Word puzzle: Highlight the verbs in the puzzle that express obligation, necessity, willingness,

possibility and advice and fill them using the color of your choice. There are nine (9) words
that you can find in the box.

M U S T S X V B N M
A W R D X T I B H I
Y L S Q A E R T J G
R D S H A L L E Y H
T R D C O K H F T T
M D L C O U L D A K
W S D W I L L G E C
G R T C V B W D X A
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 Prior Knowledge

Before Discussion   After Discussion

Agree Disagree Statements Agree Disagree
    1. Modals are special auxiliary or helping verbs.    

    2. Modal verbs do not take “s” in the third person.    

    3. “May” and “might” are examples of modals.    

    4. Modals are not invariable.    

    5. Modals are different from ordinary verbs.    

 Learning Competencies

 I can identify the different uses of modals.

 I can construct sentences using modals.
 I can participate actively in a given task.
What is modal?

Modal auxiliaries or modals are special auxiliary or helping verbs

used with a main verb indicate particular moods like ability,
permission, necessity, willingness, advice, expectation and
possibility. They are invariable, meaning they don’t change from
person and number as other auxiliaries do. The main verb is always
in the “bare infinitive” meaning the infinitive without the word “to”.
Modals are different from ordinary verbs so you have to know them
in your writing. Below are some of the modals in common use.
COMMON MODAL VERBS

Can Could Shall Should

May Might Ought to

Will Would Must

Modals and their Uses

1. CAN and COULD

 Both can and could express ability, permission and possibility. However only
could is used to express an ability and permission in the past.

Examples:
• Can I borrow your book?
• We can be better writers with constant practice.
• Could you lead the Philippine National Anthem tomorrow?
2.SHALL AND SHOULD
 
 Both shall and should express command or obligation. However, very few
people these days use shall in their daily communication. The word should
is used to suggest obligation, opinion, or suggestion.
Examples:
 Father should attend the meeting of parents this weekend.
 You should consider the effect of your words on him.
 
3. MAY AND MIGHT

 Both may and might suggest possibility and permission. Although may and
might can both refer to present and future possibilities, only might is used
with reference to the past. It is also regarded as more tentative than may.

Examples:
 You may see the doctor now.
 We might buy the adjacent lot for our future projects.
4.WILL AND WOULD

 Both will and would express simple futurity, desire, prediction or determination.
Would is used for characteristic activities.

Examples:
• Would Benny mind if I borrow her laptop this weekend?
• We will pay our way through college by taking part-time jobs.
• My teacher would usually call us at random in class.
5.MUST

 Use must when you are sure that something is so or as the past tense of may

Example:
 He must be tired after the long journey.
 The youth must prepare to lead by learning to be responsible.
 You must strive to be on time all the time.
6.OUGHT TO

 Use ought to when you want to give a recommendation or advice. Ought to is

also used to express assumption, expectation and probability.

Examples:
 Daniel ought to win the race, after all, he worked hard to earn it.
 Lucy ought to have the election results by now.
 
1.Modal Verbs do not take “s” in the third person

Example:
 It may affect our environment if we continue with our consumer
mentality.
 This too, shall come to pass.
 The youth is force we should learn to reckon with.
 
The word “not” is used to make modal verbs negative, even
in Simple Present and Simple Past tenses.
 Jeanne will not say something that ridiculous, Sophie reasoned
out.
 The Grade 10 students may not go on vacation this holiday
season.
 They couldn’t believe what they saw the other night.
2.Some modal verbs cannot be used in the past or future tenses.
 
Incorrect: He mayed work in Qatar.
Correct: He may work in Qatar.
Incorrect: They musted listen to both parties first before
making decision.
Correct: They must listen to both parties first before making
a decision.
New Knowledge

Before Discussion   After Discussion

Agree Disagree Statements Agree Disagree

    1. Modals are special auxiliary or helping    

verbs.

    2. Modal verbs do not take “s” in the third    

person.

    3. “May” and “might” are examples of    

modals.

    4. Modals are not invariable.    

    5. Modals are different from ordinary    

verbs.
 Direction: Underline the proper/correct modal in the statement.
 

1. “If a man (could, must) have half his wishes, he (will, would) double his
troubles.”
  * Benjamin Franklin
2.“We (cannot, will not) control the tragic things that happen to us, but we (can,
will) control the way we face up to them.
*Anonymous
3.“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a
day for good or bad. We (could, ought to) know how to harness and control this
great force.”
*Charles Simmons
4.“ An optimist (may, must) see a light when there is none, but why (can, must) the
pessimist always run to blow it out?
  *Michael de St. Pierre  
 5.“You (might, should) make yourself useful to somebody. You (wouldn’t,
shouldn’t) make life hard to any.
  *Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Valuing:
How will you act as a student of Divine
Word College of Bangued? What are your
musts, your shoulds, your should’nts, your
coulds and could,nts?
Assignment:
Write a movie review about the latest movie
releases this month. Identify the modals used in
your review by underlining them. Write it in a short
bond paper.