Week 9 - Modal Verbs
Week 9 - Modal Verbs
Week 9 - Modal Verbs
ENGLISH II
Learning outcome
At the end of this topic you will:
Use modal verbs by practicing and applying them
properly in order to ask for permission, express
requests, abilities, opinions, suggestions, obligation,
and prohibition.
Understanding details
problem or
2- Apart from greasy, fried and fast food what vegetables do you have to avoid
before flying?
a. Salad and bell peppers.
b. Vegetables that give you gas (cabbage, beans, etc.)
c. Avoid all types of vegetables. Only fruit is recommended.
3- Should alcholol and fizzy drinks be avoided too?
a. Yes, they should be avoided.
b. No, no problem drinking those before a flight.
c. It makes no difference.
4- What Kind of food must you eat when in the air?
a. Eating beans and sausages while flying is ok but not before that.
b. Salads, fruit as well as carb-rich foods which help with jet lag.
c. Whatever you feel like eating.
5- How much liquid should you drink on long flights?
a. Half a liter for every three hours.
b. A liter for every three hours.
c. Half a lter for every hour.
6- Is alcohol consumption recommended?
a. Yes, it is.
b. No, it is not.
c. Just drink alcohol half a liter for every hour.
Vocabulary
bad shape
healthy
lifestyle
Junk food
works out
good shape
UNHEALTHY
● smoking
● sunbathing
● eating lots of sugar
● Watching a lot of TV
HEALTHY
You should
stop smoking!
If you want a
healthier life, you
must change your
habits.
COULD
(make suggestion)
Situation: You need to buy some books, but you don't have enough money.
Our suggestion: You could talk to your father and ask him to give you some money.
Situation A: I sent my résumé in for a job a few weeks ago, but I haven’t had any response.
You could call the company.
B: _______________________________________________________
Answers
Situation: I can’t find a job in my field. I really need some work, any work!. will vary.
You could look for temporary work. That’s often easier to find.
_________________________________________________________
Collaborative exercise 1
SHOULD / OUGHT TO
(give advice)
(a) My hair is very long. I should cut it. I ought to cut it.
shouldn’t
(b) Allen is hungry. He should eat lunch. He ought to eat lunch.
(c) You are tired. You should go home. You ought to go home.
2. What should I do if someone is bleeding a lot? (apply a bandage and put pressure o the
wound)
__________________________________________________
3. What should I do if someone has a sprain? (put ice and a bandage on the joint)
__________________________________________________
4. What should I do if someone is choking and can't breathe? (do abdominal thrusts)
__________________________________________________
Ought to or should?
Ought to and should are similar in meaning. Should is more common than ought to. Ought to is
more formal than should:
There ought to be more street lights here. (means the same as There should be more street
lights here.)
I really ought to walk my dog more. He’s so fat. (means the same as I really should walk
my dog more. He’s so fat.)
Negative
The negative is formed by adding ‘not’ after ought (ought not to). It can be contracted to oughtn’t to.
We don’t use don’t, doesn’t, didn’t with ought to:
must go to
To become a doctor you __________
medical school
_____________.
Complete the sentences with must or mustn’t.
MODAL must
must
mustn’t
COVID - 19 must
mustn’t
must
mustn’t
HAVE TO / DON’T HAVE TO
1-
must
Rose and Ted _________________ be good players. They have won hundreds of cups !
don’t have to
2. You __________________ pay to use the library. It’s free.
should
3. You look pretty tired. I think you _________________ go to bed early tonight. .
don’t have to
4. You _________________ come to the party if you don’t feel well.
must
5. You _________________ be 18 to see that film.
should
6. Dad _______________ go and see a doctor. His cough is getting worse all the time.
mustn’t
7. “Children, you ________________ cross the street if the lights are red !”
Make sentences. Change the underlined words. Use these words.
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