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6 Modals
Warm-up
Match the following modals with their uses.
Modals Uses
can to express inability
may to offer a polite suggestion
should to express ability
must to ask for and give permission in a formal way
cannot to express a necessity
Read the following sentences.
• I am eight and I can run for thirty minutes without stopping. (expressing ability)
• May I come in? (asking for permission—formal)
• You should wake up early every morning. (giving a polite suggestion)
• You must complete your homework before going out to play. (expressing
a necessity)
The highlighted verbs are called modal auxiliaries or modals.
Modals are a special group of verbs used to express ability, permission,
suggestion, possibility, intention, etc.
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