Mastering Modal Verbs: Understanding Different Forms and Uses

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Welcome to your English lessons!

Today's lesson: Modal verbs: The different forms and uses.

Mr. Westra
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Welcome students!
Welcome to your English lessons!

Today's lesson: Modal verbs: The different forms and uses.

Mr. Westra

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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify different forms and understand the various uses of modal verbs in English.

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Recap of last lesson
Adverbs (bijwoord) & adjectives (Bijvoegelijk naamwoord)

Which is an adverb and which is an adjective?
The smart student sang beautifully.

The quick car drove recklessly.

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Introduction to Modal Verbs
For now you only need to know:
  • Ability
  • Permission
  • Politeness
  • Obligation


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Forms of Modal Verbs
Modal verbs do not change their form according to the subject. They are always followed by the base form of the main verb. 

For example:
  • 'She can sing.'
  • 'I should study more for the test'

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Modal Verbs for Ability
The modal verbs 'could' & 'can', are often used to show ability, that you can of can't do something.



Present
Past
Can
Could
I can swim.
I could swim when i was younger.

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Modal Verbs for Politeness
You can also use 'could' or 'can', to ask permission to do something.

For example
Could i join you guys for the cinema?
Can i go to the toilet please?



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Modal Verbs for Politeness
Modal verbs like 'could', 'can', 'may' & 'might' 

May and Might are more formal than can/could

Might is the most polite form of them all:
  • 'May i borrow your pen perhaps?'
  • 'Might i bother you for a minute?'

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Modal Verbs for Probability
Modal verbs such as 'might', 'may', and 'could' are used to express uncertainty or probability about a situation or an event.

For example:
  • 'The students might be late.'
  • 'It may rain this afternoon.'
  • 'We could get wet when we go out.'

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Modal Verbs for obligation
Modal verbs like 'have to', 'must', and 'should' are obligations.

  • Must is the strongest form
  • Followed by Have to
  • Should is just used for advice

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Modal Verbs for obligation
Modal verbs like 'have to', 'must', and 'should' are obligations.

For example:
  • 'Students must be in class on time.'
  • 'You have to be finished with your homework.'
  • 'We should exercise more during the week.'

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An overview

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Assessment and Review
Continue on with your homework where you left off last lesson.

The homework for next monday is:
  • Unit 3
  • Lesson 3
  •  opdracht 1 t/m 9

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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify different forms and understand the various uses of modal verbs in English.

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Learning Objective
What do the following Modal verbs mean?

  • Can
  • Might
  • Should
  • Must

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