MODALS

Modals are those helping verbs, which express the ‘mode’ or

‘manner’ of the actions indicated by the main verbs. They express
modes such as ability, possibility, probability, permission, obligation,
etc.
The most commonly used modals are shall, should, will, would, can,
could, may, might, must, ought to, used to, need and dare.
Modals are used to:
 Ask permission—may, can, could
Examples: May I come in?
Could I use your pen, please?
 Make a request—can, could
Example: Could you please give me the doctor’s telephone number?
 Express a possibility—may, might, could
Example: It might rain during the night.
 Give advice or suggestion—should
Example: You should wear a helmet while riding your motorbike.
 Express necessity or compulsion—must, have to
Examples:
We must slow down while driving in front of a school.
I have to submit my project by tomorrow.
 Express prohibition
Example: You must not talk loudly in the library.
 Express a promise or intention—will, shall
Example: I will mail you my address.
 Express a wish—may
Example: May you have a long life!
Name: ______________________________ Class: ____________ Date: ________________
Learning Objective: To practice the application of modal verbs.

Q. Write a sentence with each of the modal verbs.

1. Asking permission—may, can, could
Example-
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________

2. Making a request—can, could

Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________

3. Expressing a possibility—may, might, could

Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________

4. Giving an advice or a suggestion—should

Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________

5. Expressing necessity or compulsion—must, have to

Examples:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________

6. Expressing prohibition
Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________
 Expressing a promise or intention—will, shall
Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________

7. Expressing a wish—may
Example:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________

I. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences by using

appropriate modals.
 a) you please tell me the direction to the hotel?
b) You pay in msh. They do not accept credit cds.
c) I come home from the office today.
d) I help you?
e) You clean your room.
I) We keep the lights and fans switched off when they are not
in use.
g) We finprove the existing education system.
h) you have a wonderfiil day!
) I go to see the movie. The reviews are good.
j) I definitely be at the airport to receive you.
k) She take her meals regularly.
1) You reach home before eleven, she said.
m) we go for a walk?
n) The soldiers in the Amy wear a uniform.
o) Thete is one mole point I telex to.
p) You have worked hard. You pass.
q) It is very cloudy. It rain.
r) You be properly dressed when you come to office.
s) you like to come to the party tomorrow*
t) People not tell lies.

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct modals given in the
brackets.
God is great and we (a) (should/would) be grateful to him. We (b)
(might/should) do our duty and leave the cewnrd in the
hands of
 God. Ultimately, God (c) (might/will)
help us. fi'e (d) (miyht/should/may) leave
everything to God.
III. here iB a rrtiaaing word in eacfs fine a' tbe
following paeaaye. dsrk the place of tbe zxtiBB WO€d
with a ‘/' aszd wcite the correct word. Write the word
before artd after the word in your anawer Bheet.
People / not ask a writer why he writes his a) People need not.
birigraph)'. They knoxi' that even life b)
be interesting if p••rer1r rresented. c)
ñfureuver, we learn many things if d)
we want to from a great life. It not be e)
necessarily the life uf n grent leader that inspire us. f)

iv.There is an ermr in each line of the passage that follows.

Write the incorrect and correct word in your answer
aheet.
Plastic bags me not be used because a) are should
thev should cause much pollution. b)
They need never disintegrate with c)
time. They shiauld hlock the sewerage. d)
It need to meltcd and reprocessed e)
but that might make it even more I)
hateful. P'ven if buried they can g)
never be destro}'ed. They sh‹iNd be h)
usefui today but they would be i)
ver' harmful f‹ir the chiming generations. j)
V. The following pasBage has not been edited. There ia
one error in each line.Write the incorrect word and the
correct word in the answer sheet.
The label can be removed a)
before cooking.
Then the cook re could b)
be tinsed in
w'arm soapy water. It is c)
adidsable tO keep
to how heat. The cookware d)
wr›utd never
be used ‹›n high heat. Very e)
high
temperatures would cause f)
sticking. The
 handles used to also g)
h)
loc›sen. However, one
i)
sh‹iuld not wiirry about
the
maintenance as it is quite
easy. The vessel
might be cleaned with liquid t)
detergent.
One cannot use sharp k)
detergent for cleaning.

Fill in the blanks with Buitable modals from the ones given in
the bon below.
should might can cuuld have to must

Ritu's flight from Morocco took m‹›ie than i i hours. She

be exhausted after such a
long flight. She prefer t‹› stay in tonight and
gct some rest.
b) lf you want tu get a betrer feeling for huw Ranigniij is
laid out, you walk down town and explore the riverside.
c) h"uu research the route a little mure before yuu set sail.
d) W'hen you have a smali child in the house, you leave
smali objects lying around.
c) Anvesha: yciu hold youf breath for mure than a
minute? Bunty: Nu, I can't.
JasPrit s engagement ting is enormous! It have cost a
fortune.
Please make sure ter feed the fish while I am gone. If thev
don’t get enough food, they die.
h) I speak Assamcsc fluently when I was a child.
i) The teacher said we lead the book if we needed extta credit.
}) The spatula be in this cupboard but it's not here.