Reading Comprehension Modal verb the case of Hellen Keller

I`d like you to know the story of Helen Keller, who could neither see nor hear fom the time she was a baby.

What does the modal verb sentence express ?

• Certainty

• Possibility

• Ability

• Obligation

When Hellen was born she couldn´t see or hear. Her parents were so sad!

• True

• False

The doctors say they couldn`t help her, so they should call an institute in Boston to se if they could send someone to help.

There are two sentences using could. Do they have the same meaning?

• True

• False

I must say there was nothing wrong with Helen Keller when she was born. Her father and mother were very proud of their pretty baby, who tried to say "ma-ma" and "pa-pa"

Identify the modals:

• Very Proud

• May say

• Must say

• Can say

She grew bigger and stronger that one day, the child fell ill. She must have been very ill. For days she was laid up with a high fever and soon the parents learned that her child never see and hear.

Identify the modal:

• Very ill

• One day

• Never see

• Must have been

The little child was now dommed to a life of silence and darkness. She could not hear what was said to her and did not know how to talk.

Identify the modal:

• Should not hear

• Said to

• Could not hear

• Was now