ACTIVIDAD DE MODAL VERBS

YESSICA ALEXANDRA MANTILLA

ANA VICTORIA PEREZ

LEONARDO NUÑEZ

CORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

CONTADURIA PUBLICA

IBAGUE

2020
SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
 Give advice with the expressions from the box. Use
Complete the sentences with should or shouldn’t.
you, he, she, we, they should or shouldn’t.

1 If someone doesn’t speak your language very well, take medicine / take up swimming / worry about it
you SHOULDNT speak fast; you SHOULD speak eat so much sweets / do little jobs or go babysitting /ask

slowly and carefully. your teacher to explain it again / study harder / watch too
much television / practise a lot / get up earlier
2 If you need a pen, you SHOULDN’T say ‘Give me
that pen’; you SHOULD say ‘Could I borrow your pen, We are often late for school.
please?’ YOU SHOULD GET UP EARLIER
3 If people want to live until they’re very old, they My friends laugh at me because I don’t have expensive
clothes.
SHOULD eat a lot of fruit and vegetables; they
YOU SHOULDNT WORRY ABOUT IT
SHOULDNT eat a lot of cakes and chocolate. My mother has got a terrible headache.
4 In a big city you SHOULD be careful with your SHE SHOULD TAKE MEDICINE
money; you SHOULDNT leave your bag on a chair in I don’t understand how to give advice in English.
YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR TEACHER TO EXPLAIN IT
a restaurant.
AGAIN
5 When you’re driving, you SHOULDNT drive for My brother gets very bad marks at school.
hours and hours without stopping; you SHOULD stop HE SHOULD STUDY HARDER
We’re going to write a Maths test tomorrow.
and walk round every two hours.
YOU SHOULD PRACTISE A LOT
6 When people are travelling by plane, they SHOULD My sister can’t swim and she wants to go to Greece next
drink lots of water; they SHOULDN’T wear summer.
uncomfortable clothes. SHE SHOULDNT TAKE UP SWIMING
I always feel tired.
YOU SHOULDN’T WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION
My friends love eating and they’re very fat.
THEY SHOULDNT EAT SO MUCH SWEETS
I want to buy some new clothes but I haven’t got any
money.
YOU SHOULD DO LITTLE JOBS OR GO
BABYSITTING

Make sentences using should or shouldn’t.

people / watch / less TV PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH LESS TV

boys and girls / go / to different schools BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULDN'T GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS

men and women / get / the same pay for the same job MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD GET THE SAME WAGE
FOR THE SAME JOB

people / be / free to smoke in public places PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE FREE TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES

we / stop / testing medicine on animals WE SHOULD STOP TESTING MEDICINE ON ANIMALS

we / destroy / nuclear weapons WE SHOULD DESTROY NUCLEAR WEAPONS

 REMEMBER MODAL VERBS
ARE FOLLOWED BY A BARE
INFINITIVE.
Complete the sentences, use can /can’t/ could/ couldn’t
Match the sentences with the pictures.

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1.- The man has got the right tools. He CAN start working
now.

2.- Linda is a good skier. He CAN jump in the slopes.

3.-My uncle prepared a barbecue so we CAN eat a lot of

food there.

4.-It was a pity. We COULDNT win the football match. 7 6 19

5.-It is impossible, the teddy bear CANT walk.

6.-The man has spilled coffee on his shirt. He CANT meet

the new customers.

7.-He has been running so he CANT breathe properly.

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8.-Perhaps the photographer COULD take a good photo. 5 12

9.-I COULDN’T go to school because I had a temperature.

10.-Tom CANT go to school because he has an allergic

reaction. 17
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11.-The boy wants to pull the girl’s hair but she CANT see
him.
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12.-Sonia COULD get in shape. Her personal trainer is
helping her at the gym.

13.-My best friend CAN play the flute in the band. 16 15

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14.-Her dad gave a motorbike so she COULD ride it to
work.

15.-The little boy CANT stop crying. He feels badly.

16.-Henry went fishing and he COULD catch a big fish.

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17.-The boy climbed the tree and now he CANT get down
because he is scared.

18.-Hannah CAN play video games only on Saturdays.

19.- I COULDNT read the document because of the big

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stain.
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