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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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