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Modal Auxiliary: By: Dewi Liliasari

This document discusses modal auxiliary verbs in English including can, could, may, must, should, have/has/had to. It provides examples of how each modal verb is used to express ability, possibility, obligation, permission, requests, advice and more. There are exercises asking the reader to complete sentences using the modal verbs appropriately. It also includes a situational exercise asking the reader to respond to scenarios using the modal verbs.

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Modal Auxiliary: By: Dewi Liliasari

This document discusses modal auxiliary verbs in English including can, could, may, must, should, have/has/had to. It provides examples of how each modal verb is used to express ability, possibility, obligation, permission, requests, advice and more. There are exercises asking the reader to complete sentences using the modal verbs appropriately. It also includes a situational exercise asking the reader to respond to scenarios using the modal verbs.

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MODAL

AUXILIARY
BY : DEWI LILIASARI

MODAL AUXILIARY
Pattern:
Modals + Be
Modals + Verb 1
e.g. She may be sick today.
You may leave this room.

CAN

Present/future ability
To show present and future ability
e.g. I can do my homework
Request
To show request
e.g. Can I borrow your car?
Offering
To express an offering
e.g. Can I do something for you?

COULD

Past ability
To show ability in the past
e.g. I could play basket ball when I
was a child

Polite request
To show a polite request.
e.g. Could I borrow your pen,

MAY

Possibility
To show possibility in the present or future.
e.g. He may go to the library now.
Polite request
To show a polite request
e.g. May I borrow your pen?
Offering
To show offering
e.g. May I help you?
Hopes and wishes
To show hopes and wishes about future
e.g. May God be with you. May you rest in peace.

MUST HAVE/HAS/HAD TO

Obligation
To show obligation
e.g. You must study hard.
Prohibition
To show prohibition
e.g. You must not step on the grass.
Certainty
To show certainty
e.g. John is absent, he must be sick today.

SHOULD/OUGHT TO
Advisability
` To show advisability
e.g. He should take a rest now.
Essence/recommendation
To show essence/recommendation
e.g. It is essential that you should go
home early.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES


USING CAN/MAY/MUST/SHOULD.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED THE NEGATIVES.

1.
My father is very smart. He ________
speak five languages.
2. Look! The girl is falling into the
river. We ________ rescue her now.
3. Tom gets failed in his exams. I think
he ________ study harder.
4. There is nobody in the room now.
They ________ go out to buy something.
5. If you dont bring your dictionary,
you ________ borrow mine now.

CAN /MAY / MUST /SHOULD

6. You ________ touch the wall. My father


has just painted it.
7. You ________ care about her since she
loves you very much.
8. John is absent from school today. He
________ be sick.
9. The bus 1 has just left. We ____wait
another later.
10. Sorry, I am very busy now. I ________
help you.

SITUATIONAL EXERCISE 1

1.
You want to go or study abroad. What must you
do?
2. Your father gives you a lot of money. What can
you do?
3. Your mother is sick today. What should you do?
4. You come late and dont see any friends in the
class. Tell the possibilities about it.
5. Youll have the exams next week. What you must
you do?
6. Ann finds difficult to understand the lesson. What
can you do?
7. Jane looks tired. Shes been working for ten
hours. What is your suggestion?

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