MODAL VERBS

Obligation

Possibility

MODAL VERBS

Suggestons & Advice

​Impossibility

Necessity

QUIZ: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MODAL VERBS ?

- Uses - Types of modal verbs - Modal verbs you know

OBLIGATION

We use must to say that it is necessary to do something Strong obligation: some personal circumstance makes the obligation necessary (and the speaker agrees with the obligation) ​

MUST

USES - For more personal opinions about what is necessary to do - Formal writing

OBLIGATION

It is used for what somebody in authority has said it is necessary to do

HAVE TO

Structure - changes in the third person singular I/You/We/You/ They 'have to' She/ He / It 'has to'

LACK OF OBLIGATION

DON'T HAVE TO

Permissive. There is no obligation

It is almost the same as don't have to. it can be used in either of the two examples above

DON'T NEED TO

POSSIBILITY

To show that something is possible in the future

Could/might/ may

To show that something was possible at some time in the past

COULD HAVE/ MIGHT HAVE / MAY HAVE

CONCEPT MAPS: MODAL VERBS

GAME: TIME TO PLAY

Test your knowledge about modal verbs -Work in groups/ teams -Answer the questions -Go for it!