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MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERBS
1. Answer the following questions:
 How many languages can you talk? I can speak only one language
 What kind of food can you cook? I can cook pizza, lunch, chicken rice, salads
 Can your mom swim? no, she can not
 What can you do that most people can’t do? make up stories in just seconds
 Imagine and create a superhero, what can he/she do? List 5 things and design his/her logo

 Save the lives of miles of people

 Inventing new solutions to help humanity
 Risking your life to save the lives of others
 is able to put on the shoes of others, are able to walk a good distance in them
 is a competent and confident person

2. Write 3 advices for a person who wants to learn a new language (should)(might)
I should start with the simplest
should listen and read
might use technology.
3. Take a look at these signs, write the obligations and prohibitions (must, have to, need to)

mustn’t smoke you have to use the security elements mustn’t use the cell phone
4. What might happen if you lose the English competence? Write 3 possibilities
I couldn't graduate from the course I'm currently on.
I could not communicate with people from abroad
I would lose job opportunities

5. Answer each one of the situations

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What would you change Where would you live if If you could meet
about your appearance if you could live anywhere someone famous, who
you could choose one thing? would you meet?
in the world?

I would change my hair I would like to live in Thailand I would like to meet Tom Hardy

What would you do if

I would say in a very respectful way that I don't feel like it your friend invited you
for dinner and served
something you hate?

In this opportunity we are going to talk about modal verbs, you may not recognize its name but you are using
them all the time, for example, when you ask for permission, when you want to show your or somebody else
skills, give an advice, etc.
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6. Make a concept map about the modal verbs, it has to be quite precise, because it is going to help you with
the test, this concept map, must be done in a sheet of paper and delivered to your teacher.
Taking into account the expositions, answer the following questions
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7. What can you do now as a future technician that you could not before? LIST 5 THINGS (CAN) Use
different verbs
 I can have a stable job
 I can have a better chance of getting ahead
 I can count on a contribution to help my family
 I can learn new things about food
 I can have more information to know when they cheat us by selling us a product in poor condition

8. When you were a child, what could you do? Name 3 things

 I could run very fast

 I could play chess
 I could ride a bicycle very fast

9. What advices would you give to the minister of environment in order to protect the endangered
species? (SHOULD) 3
 I should get more people to join in so I can help conserve the environment
 should carry out activities that protect the habitats of animals
 I should donate more money to habitats that need it

11. What would you do, if you won the Baloto? Include images to your answer (would)
For example:
If I won the lottery, I would study a Ph D

I would study geology

help the people who need it most, especially the peasants

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I could give food especially to children