Modal Verbs

​You have to turn right
You mustn´t smoke
You need to drink water/eat
You should study hard
May I go to the toilet?
I can't fly
I can do it!

​What do you know about Modal Verbs ?

​USES
OBLIGATION
​PROHIBITION
​GIVING ADVICE
​PERMISSION
​ABILITY/INABILITY
​NECESSITY

​Modals in Context

​Provide a real life example with each of these modal verbs and interpret and defend their usage.
Example:
"Can you take me to the hospital?"
Request

​Modal verbs are special verbs that help express a speaker’s attitude or opinion. They can also be used to express obligation, permission, ability, possibility, and probability. Modal verbs are also called “helping verbs” because they help to express a mood or attitude.

​​Modal Verbs

​​Types

AUXILIARY (attitude)
can, could, will, would, shall,should, may, might, must and ought to.
PERMISSION
may. can, could
OBLIGATION
must, should
have to, need to*
POSSIBILITY
may, might, could
PROBABILITY
ought to, should

​These verbs are used to express the speaker’s past attitudes or opinions. The most common perfect modal verbs are “could have,” “would have,” “should have,” and “might have.”

​​Modal Perfect

SUMMARY

Unraveling the Mystery

COLLABORATIVE WORK

• Read the Hopkinsville Goblin Case

• Groups (4-5)

• Discuss what happened

• Pool and Share (write your hypothesis on the board)

• Let's discuss