Grammar Review: Modal Auxiliary

You are given the following situation:

You want to borrow you teacher’s biography book of B.J. Habibie.

The most polite statement to ask for permission to your teacher is….

• May I borrow the biography of Habibie, please?

• You have to lend me the biography of Habibie.

• I should borrow the biography of Habibie then.

• You could lend me your biography of Habibie, please.

• I want to borrow the biography of Habibie, please.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.1

“Look at how good he is in playing the piano! I am sure that he is a gifted pianist.”

Define the statement that has similar meaning with the underlined word.

• Look at how good he might be playing the piano.

• He must be a gifted pianist.

• He is a gifted pianist cannot be true.

• He could be a gifted pianist.

• Look at how good he shall play the piano.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

B.J. Habibie should have remained in West Germany as honorable academician and researcher, but he came back to Indonesia. He helped President Soeharto to build advanced industries. However after years, he withdrew from politics. He must devote the rest of his life to his scientific researches .

• would – ought to

• could-would

• could – will

• must – would

• Will – could

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

“Before the era of technology, biography is documented in books. In this digital era, lots of biography of famous people could be presented in forms of films.”

The modal auxiliary in the statement functions to ....

• state the possibility of biography to be written literature

• state the possibility of biography to be written literature

• state the necessity of biography to be filmed

• state the obligation of films as biography

• state the possibility of biography to be filmed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

Complete the following sentences with the correct modal auxiliaries.

The assignment is optional. The teacher said that we ... do it to if wee need additional score, but we ... do it if we don't want to.

• could - don't have to

• might - shall not

• will - should not

• can - could not

• must - would not

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.1

He was able to master Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, modern Indonesia, English, Arabic, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese language.

The sentence above can be rephrased by using modal auxiliary. Choose the sentence that does not change the meaning.

• He should speak ten languages.

• He could speak ten languages.

• He might speak ten languages.

• He would speak ten languages.

• He must speak ten languages.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

Originally named Kusnasosro, Soekarno was born on June 6, 1901, in Surabaya. Spending most of his time with S. Tjokroaminoto, Soekarno grew to be a prominent and bright young man. He was able to master Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, modern Indonesia, English, Arabic, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese language. Gifted with radiant personality, good self-confidence, and lots of leadership ability, young Soekarno turned to be a man of charisma. He was well-known for his great oratory. It also made Soekarno famous for his inspirational quotes.

Define the best sentence to complete the text.

• He married Siti Utari at age 20.

• He was the son of Raden Sukemi Sosrodihardjo.

• Tjokroaminoto financed his further education in Bandung Institute of Technology.

• One of his remarkable quotes was “Give me ten young men, I would change the world”.

• Soekarno is the first president of Indonesia.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

Originally named Kusnasosro, Soekarno was born on June 6, 1901, in Surabaya. Spending most of his time with S. Tjokroaminoto, Soekarno grew to be a prominent and bright young man. He was able to master Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, modern Indonesia, English, Arabic, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese language. Gifted with radiant personality, good self-confidence, and lots of leadership ability, young Soekarno turned to be a man of charisma. He was well-known for his great oratory. It also made Soekarno famous for his inspirational quotes.

The word it in the last sentence refers to ….

• Soekarno’s radiant personality

• Soekarno’s language skills

• Soeakarno’s oratory ability

• Soekarno’s charisma

• The time he spent with Tjokroaminoto

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Originally named Kusnasosro, Soekarno was born on June 6, 1901, in Surabaya. Spending most of his time with S. Tjokroaminoto, Soekarno grew to be a prominent and bright young man. He was able to master Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, modern Indonesia, English, Arabic, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese language. Gifted with radiant personality, good self-confidence, and lots of leadership ability, young Soekarno turned to be a man of charisma. He was well-known for his great oratory. It also made Soekarno famous for his inspirational quotes.

• Soekarno’s early life and education

• Soekarno’s children

• Soeakrno’s character

• Soeakrno’s political tendency

• Soekarno’s war experience

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

After practicing for months, now I ... play piano even just a little.

Choose the suitable modal auxiliary to complete the statement.

• shall

• could

• might

• might

• can

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