Modals with Negations

​Modals with Negations

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​Goals:

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• ​At the end of the lesson students will be able to summarize how and when to use modal verbs

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• You use can in several ways: to make requests, to ask for (or give) permission, and to talk about possibilities and abilities.

​​Can

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• To be able to is only used to talk about someone’s possibilities or abilities.

​​SuTo be able to

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• Could is the past tense of can. You can also use it to ask a question in a more formal or polite way or to talk about the possibility that something will happen in the future

​could

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​Summarizing

​Examples:

​Can and be able to:

• Can you pass the salt?

• If he’s not feeling well, he can take the day off.

• These days, phones can do anything.

• Luckily, I was able to help.

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​Could

• I could already count when I was two years old.

• Could you repeat that, please?

• By the year 2050, our planet could look quite different.

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between can and be able to

• Their is no difference

• You use Able to, to make requests

• You use can to make requests and able to, to show possibilities or abilities

• none of the above

Match

Match the following

• Can you pass the salt?

• Could you repeat that, please?

• Luckily, I was able to help.

request

question in a formal or polite way

abilities

• request

• question in a formal or polite way

• abilities

​Negations

• To make a negation with a modal verb, you add not or -n’t.

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• ​There is one exception: to make a negation with to have to, you use a form of to do.

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​Examples:

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• I cannot tell you about our plans just yet.

• We looked all around, but couldn’t find you anywhere.

• We must not lose this important game.

• Helen isn’t able to attend the party.They really shouldn’t talk like that.​

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​Bldz. 114- opd 50 a-b Bldz. 115 - opd 51 a-b

Bldz. 116 - opd 52 & 53 What is not finished becomes homework.

​​Homewor

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​Make a concept map where you:

• list when you use can, could and to able to and make connection between these.​

​​Assignment 2