Help, I need your advice!

Using Modals to Give

Advice
By Mrs. Quirarte
This morning when I got up the
windshield of my car was broken.
What should I do? I need your
ADVICE.
WHAT SHOULD I DO??????
(Take advice from the students)
MODALS
What are Modals: Auxiliary verbs that help
express special meanings such as
advisability, necessity , ability and
permission.
Today we will be studying
Modals of advisability.
MODALS OF ADVISABILITY
Might (if you want to:choice)
Should (right thing to do)
Ought to (good idea )
Had better (warning or consequences will be bad)
There are four modals to help you express
advisability:
Modals of Advisability
Modals can help you give
positive advice or negative
advice.
Lets take a look:
NOW LETS TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME EXAMPLES.
Subject + MODAL+ main verb
THIS IS THE FORM TO CORRECTLY USE THESE
MODALS. DONT FORGET THE FORM!
How to Give Negative Advice
Sometimes you need to advice a person what NOT to
do in a given situation, this is negative advice.
You give negative advice by adding a negation after
the modal.
Subject + MODAL+NOT + main verb
MIGHT


You might want to put a
band-aid on your cut.
Negative Advice
You might not want to
cover your cut with a
band-aid
Should
You should clean your
scrape with soap and
water.
Negative Advice:
You should not touch your
scrape with dirty fingers.
Ought to
You ought to clean you
scrape, blood is dripping.
Negative Advice
You ought not to spread
your blood everywhere.
had better
You had better go to the
doctor to take care of your
foot.
You had better not scratch
your injury, it will get
infected.
NOW LETS PRACTICE!!
Subject + MODAL+ main verb
Subject + MODAL+NOT + main verb
DONT FORGET THE
FORM!