Modal & Semi-Modal Verbs Modal Verbs I. Use & Form Read The Examples Below and Circle The Correct Bolded Option
Modal & Semi-Modal Verbs Modal Verbs I. Use & Form Read The Examples Below and Circle The Correct Bolded Option
Modal & Semi-Modal Verbs Modal Verbs I. Use & Form Read The Examples Below and Circle The Correct Bolded Option
MODAL VERBS
Read the examples below and circle the correct bolded option.
1. Core modal verbs have/don’t have only one form. They have no to-infinitive form,
-ing form, past form or -ed form.
4. Modal verbs can/cannot be used alone when the main verb is clearly understood:
MAY, MUST, HAD BETTER, MUST NOT, CAN, SHOULD/OUGHT TO, COULD, MIGHT, NEED
NOT/NEEDN’T
Modal Verb Expressing Example
Strong obligation You _MUST_________ stop when the traffic lights turn
red.
ustMUST
logical conclusion / He _______MUST_______ be very tired. He's been
Certainty working all day long.
must not Prohibition You MUST NOT __________ smoke in the hospital.
Ability I _______CAN________ swim.
Can Permission _____CAN_____ I use your phone please?
Possibility Smoking ___CAN___ kill you.
ability in the past When I was younger I __COULLD_____ run fast.
polite permission Excuse me, ________COULD_________ I just say
Coud
something?
Possibility It ___________________ rain tomorrow!
Permission __________MAY_____ I use your phone please?
May
possibility, probability It _________________ rain tomorrow!
polite permission _________MAY__________ I suggest an idea?
Might possibility, probability I ____________________ go on holiday to Australia
next year.
lack of I ______NEEDN’T_____________ buy tomatoes. There
need not necessity/absence of are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge.
obligation
50 % obligation I ___________MUST____________ see a doctor. I have
a terrible headache.
should/ought Advice You ___________SHOULD____________ revise your
to lessons
logical conclusion He ____________OUGHT TO___________________ be
very tired. He's been working all day long.
Advice You __________HAD BETTER________________ revise
had better
your lessons
SEMI-MODAL VERBS
Read the examples below and circle the correct bolded option.
Dare, need, ought to and used to are often called semi-modal because in some ways they are
formed like modal verbs and in some ways they are like other main verbs.
1. Like modal verbs, ought to and used to do not change/ change form for
person. Needn’t and daren’t do not have a third person -s in the present:
3. Like main verbs, the question form for need, dare and used to is made/ is not made by
using do:
Did you use to play football when you were a child?