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10 Modals

Warm-up

Choose the most appropriate option.

1. Bhanu speak seven languages.

a. can b. may c. should

2. our team win the finals?

a. Shall b. Will c. May

3. It is a library. You talk loudly.

a. cannot b. could not c. may not

4. I suggest an idea?

a. Ought b. May c. Will

5. you lend me your pen for a moment?

a. Could b. Should c. May

6. we visit Grandma this weekend?

a. May b. Might c. Could

7. You watch this film. You will like it.

a. might b. must c. shall

8. You drive carefully in bad weather.

a. may b. will c. should

Modals are helping verbs such as can, must, may, might, will, would, should
that are used with other verbs to show that something is certain, possible or
not possible. Modals are also used to express ability, obligation, possibility, and
to seek permission and make requests and to give and accept offers.

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