Modal Verbs

Modal Verbs
Name the modals you can think of!
What do they have in common?
1. Have more than ONE meaning.
2. Dont take s, -ing, -ed NO TENSES!
3. ALL make negative by adding NOT.
4. ALL make interrogative by INVERSION.
5. MOST of them followed by BARE infinitive.
1. CAN (moi, znati, umeti)
+ I can help you.
- I cannot/cant help you.
? Can I help you?
Znaenja:
1. DOZVOLA: You can go out tonight.
2. SPOSOBNOST: Sara can speak two languages.
3. ZAKLJUAK: He cant be your brother!
(nemogue da je)You are not alike.
1. CAN (moi, znati, umeti)
CAN BE able to
(generally in a spec.situaution)

PAST: COULD When I was younger I
could ski well.
FUTURE: WILL be able to - I will be able to
come tomorrow.
Practice 1
Read the sentences. Think about the meaning. Is it
zakljuak/sposobnost/dozvola?

1. Maria can cook well.
2. Can I go out, please?
3. Tim cant be in London now. I saw him here
yesterday.
4. Last year I could swim all day and not get tired.
5. This can be difficult.
6. Children, you can all go to the park now.

2. MUST (morati)
MUST
Sam sebi zadajem!
U zvaninom, pisanom
tekstu.

I must have a haircut! I
look awful!
Books must be returned
before the due date.
HAVE TO
Drugi mi zadaje!

I have to do my HW for
tomorrow.
Mum says I have to
clean my room.
2. MUST (morati)
MUST

+ I must go.
- I dont have to go.
? Must I go?


MUSTNT zabrana/ne
smeti
We mustnt smoke in here.
You must not feed the
animals.

HAVE TO
+ I have to go.
- I dont have to go.
? Do I have to go?

She has to go./ Does she
have to go?


2. MUST
ZNAENJA:
1. Obaveza: I have to do my project today.
I must be on time to the
wedding.
2. Zabrana: You mustnt lie on your CV.
3. Zakljuak:He must be at home. The lights
are on. (mora da je)
Practice 2
MUST, HAVE TO, HAS TO, MUSTNT
1. Sorry, I ______ go now. I have a bus to catch.
2. I _______ eat something! Im starving!
3. You _______ drive if you have been drinking.
4. Helen ________ be here on time, she has an
appointment.
5. He _________ be madly in love! He is so positive and
simply glowing!
6. All wasted paper ________ be trown into the bin.

3. SHOULD (trebalo bi da)
+ I should stop eating sweets.
? Should I stop eating sweets?
- I shouldnt stop eating sweets.
ZNAENJE:
1. Sugestija, savet: I think you should lose some
weight.


4. MAY MIGHT (moda)
She may come any time.
She might come any time.

1. May ima i znaenje DOZVOLE:
You may come in. (sme)
May I use your pen?
2. Might ima i znaenje ZAKLJUKA:
She might be busy. Her phone is off.
PLUS!
Za utiva pitanja radije koristimo modale "u
pastu":

Can I use your pen? Could I use your
pen?
Will you open the door? Would you open
the door?

Practice Put the right MODAL in the blanks. Be careful!
You have +, ?,-.
1. The employer told the workers that they _____ come to work on
time.
2. The buses are all full. We _______ get a taxi.
3. He ________be in here. I can see his car at the parking lot.
4. I _______ remember his address. I was there long time ago.
5. You __________do all the exercise. Two sentences will be enough.
6. We _________ go shopping .There isnt any food in the fridge.
7. Visitors ___________ walk around the church during a service.
8. _________I speak to Jane, please?
9. Sometimes it __________ rain in July but not very often.
10. When I was only 5, I ________ ride a bike on two wheels.
11. You have a temperature. I think you ______ go to the doctors.
KEY
1. The employer told the workers that they have to come to work on
time.
2. The buses are all full. We must/should get a taxi.
3. He can/must be in here. I can see his car at the parking lot.
4. I cant remember his address. I was there long time ago.
5. You dont have to/ needn t do all the exercise. Two sentences will
be enough.
6. We should/can/must go shopping .There isnt any food in the fridge.
7. Visitors mustnt walk around the church during a service.
8. Can/May/ Could I speak to Jane, please?
9. Sometimes it may/might rain in July but not very often.
10. When I was only 5, I could/was able to ride a bike on two wheels.
11. You have a temperature. I think you should go to the doctors.




Additional practice - students book, page 89.