MODAL VERBS

Which of the following examples sounds more formal?

• May I take your phone please?

• Can I take your phone plase?

• Could I take your phone please?

Which of the following sentences is the correct?

• May you pass me the salt please?

• May I take the salt?

Rosa and Marta _________ be good soccer players. They have won hundreds of cups!!

• should

• musn`t

• can

• must

You _________________ smoke in your car, especially if there are children sitting in the back.

• musn`t

• Should

• had better

• could not

You _________ start saving money. It will help you in a future.

• must

• ought to

• should

• may

You want another person to close the window.

• Would you mind closing the window?

• Would you mind if I close the window?

• Would you mind close the window?

• Would you mind if I closed the window?

You are asking for permission to drive your friend`s car.

• Would you mind if I drove your car?

• Would you mind driving your car?

• Would you mind I I drive your car?

You want another person to pass you the newspaper:

• Would you mind if you pass me the newspaper?

• Would you mind passing me the newspaper?

• Would you mind passed me the newspaper?

What does the next sentences means I should have accepted the job opportunity.

• I accepted the job opportunity.

• It was a good opportunity but I did not accept it.

• I will accept the Job opportunity.

• It is an speculation about a past event.

What does the second sentence means?

--She didn`t do the homework.

--She may have been busy

• A Posibilities about a past situation.

• An affirmation about a past situation.

• A regreet about a past situation

• A speculation about a past situation.