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    Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that express necessity, possibility, or permission. The modal verbs in English include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might. They are used to express abilities, permissions, advice, obligations, possibilities, impossibilities, prohibitions, and tasks. Examples are given such as "you should visit your dentist twice a year" and "you must not swim in that river."

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    MODAL VERBS

    LANGUAGE AWARENESS
    WHAT IS MODAL VERB?

    an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs


    include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.
    ABILITY

    CAN , COULD, • Amar can speak three


    languages.
    • He could speak fluent
    French since he was 8.
    PERMISSION
    CAN , COULD, MAY • Can I sit on that chair
    please?
    • Could I open the
    window?
    • May I borrow your
    dictionary?
    ADVICE

    SHOULD • You should visit your


    dentist at least twice a
    year.
    • You should try to lose
    weight.
    OBLIGATION

    MUST, HAVE TO • You must go to bed now!


    • I have to wear my school
    uniform today.
    POSSIBILITY

    MIGHT, MAY, COULD, • Be careful, you might


    CAN fall!
    • May I go now? Yes, you
    may.
    • I think we could have
    another round.
    • Anyone can become rich
    and famous.
    IMPOSSIBILIT
    Y
    CAN’T • You can’t be 30! I
    thought you were about
    20 years old.
    PROHIBITION

    MUSTN’T • You must not swim in


    that river, it is full of
    crocodiles.
    TASK
    1
    TASK 2

    GET READY- PRAKTIS TOPIKAL Page: 70, 71 & 72


    FORM 2

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