Exploring The Uses of Modals: English 9
Exploring The Uses of Modals: English 9
Exploring The Uses of Modals: English 9
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EXPLORING THE USES OF
MODALS
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Life Performance Outcome (LPO)
Accurately and idiomatically use globally understood English to express and write the ideas,
principles, and events that influence their worldview and enhance their lives and career
opportunities
Describe and explain the new abilities they have developed as the result of self-initiated
learning experiences and projects.
Content Standard
The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American literature and other text
types serve as means of enhancing the self; also how to use processing, assessing,
summarizing information, word derivation and formation strategies, appropriate word
order, punctuation marks and interjections to enable him/her to participate actively in a
speech choir.
Modal Verbs: Short answers. Supply each blank with the correct modals.
Choose from the following modals: have to, don’t have to, can, can’t,
should, shouldn’t, will, and won’t to complete each sentence.
Example:
A. Can you come for a coffee after the meeting?
B. No, I can’t. I’m sorry. I have to do things at home.
A. It is okay. I will just go straight at home.
Modal verbs are part of auxiliary verbs. They have meanings of their own, and
they are also used to form negatives and question. Unlike other verbs, modal verbs
cannot stand without another (main) verb. Modals are followed by infinitives
without to.
Modals have more than one meaning. Grouping them as to how they are used
makes them easier to remember. Here are some of them:
A, 1. Obligation: must, have to, be to, should, ought to
Use must in
- Emphasizing intention:
I must go home early today.
We must submit on or before the deadline.
- Expressing a necessary action:
You must switch off the machine after use.
I must wash the dishes when everyone is finished eating.
- Describing a duty:
Students must study their lessons well to have a quality
education.
The policemen must know the law in order for them to enforce
it.
- Giving an order:
You must stand straight and give a salute!
Take your things and you must get out of here as soon as
possible!
- Giving a recommendation:
You must review and apply the given formula to understand it
better.
You must consider taking a break after this stressful week.
Use have to in
- Giving a rule:
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Don’t have to shows that there is no obligation. One can do something if he/she
wants but it is not an obligation.
You don’t have to be in gown, but it would be nice.
Students don’t have to buy new sets of uniforms every school opening.
May is used for permission in formal usage. I is also used for possibility. It
refers to present or future time.
You may come in now.
You may pay us a visit nest month.
NOTE: Can is the most direct of the three, could is more formal and tentative, and
may is the most formal.
C. Prohibition: cannot, must not, may not, do not, could not, might not
The negative forms cannot/can’t and may not are used to express prohibitions.
I’m sorry but you can’t loiter here.
The student leaders may not join in the party campaign.
Must not is used to express what is not allowed.
You must not take anything out of the laboratory.
You mustn’t stay in campus beyond curfew hours.
Do not have to is used for what is not necessary.
The maintenance department does not have to provide services at b b
b night.
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Read the essay and underline the all the modals you can find from it. Above the
underlined modal, write how the modal was used, it could be an obligation,
permission or prohibition.
Periods
bearing with constant reminders. Here are the latest ones: You should put
your cellphone in silent mode during class hours. You should not disregard
your schedule; manage your time well. You should spend more time on your
studies, not with your clique. You should not stay up late; it is hard to
concentrate when you do not have enough sleep. At times, I want to talk back,
but I realize these reminders sound better now. My parents are aware that I
know what should be done: I just don’t do them very well. Adults have high
standards.
When I was young, I loved my parents’ nods, claps, and hugs, and hated
their frowns and their ridiculous sad faces. Then, they started to verbalize
their actions: Do not eat vegetables. Don’t speak when your mouth is full. Do
say “please” and “may I.” Don’t take what is not yours. I obeyed what they said,
except the part about eating veggies-I froze, I choked, I cried-until I heard the
beautiful words “You may eat what you like.” There was a shift in my preschool
years: You can speak well but you need to practice writing. You can play
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basketball but you can’t go out in the rain. For keeping your place clean, you
can have an extra scoop of ice cream. My teacher was very kind!
The grade school teachers ushered in rules and commands that were
irritating at times: Be considerate-you must not keep the school bus waiting.
You must submit your requirements on time or yours will be given the lowest
grade. My parents would regularly chime in too: You must maintain your grade
to qualify for the scholarship. There was always a risk that came with must
too can give my own reminders-or probably reword those I grew up with!
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A. Read each sentence carefully and fill the blanks with the appropriate modal
verbs.
Example: Jonathan can ski really well and he often wins his races.
8. All passengers _______ remain in their seats and 9. ______ use their
mobile phones.
14. She _______ come with us because she's broken her leg.
B. Look at these signs and write down the rules and regulations they give. Use
modals verbs in your answers.
1. 2.
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3. 4.
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5.
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C. Write an essay about your life during this time of a pandemic. Use what
you have learned about modals in your essay. It should consist of 3
paragraphs. Be creative.
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Read each question carefully and write your answers on the space provided. Write
your answers in 4 -5 sentences only.
Gonzales, C. T., Sim, A. T., Bigornia, A. M., Valencia, A. C., & De Vera, E. C. (2015). Essential
English. Quezon City: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
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