TOPICS

MODAL AUXILIARIES
WOMAN ON TOP IN THE
NEW SALES INDUSTRY
SURVEY
ENGLISH BUSINESS V
BY: NORMA ROXANA PALACIOS MONTANO
18-4538-2015

A. MODAL AXILIARIES
The

verbscan, could, will, would,

should, have to, may, might,
must, need, ought and shall are
verbs which 'help' other verbs to
express a meaning: it is
important to realise that these
"modal verbs" have no meaning
by themselves.

A. EXAMPLES OF MODAL AXILIARIES

MUST:

Personal Necessity and

obligation

must is often used to indicate 'personal' obligation; what you think you
yourself or other people/things must do

CONTEX:
I

think
you
really
must
make
more
of
an
effort.
You
must
go
and
see
the
film
it's
brilliant.
You must come and see me next time you're in town.

A. MODAL AXILIARIES
HAVE

TO:

Have to" is used to express certainty, necessity,

help other and obligation.

CONTEX:
I have to be home by ten. (My parents told me so.)
I have to get up early, because I start work at 8. (It
is a rule.)

A. MODAL AXILIARIES
SHOULD:

Giving advice

CONTEX:
I think you should go for the Alfa rather than the Audi.
You shouldn't be drinking if you're on antibiotics.
You shouldn't have ordered that chocolate dessert - you're
not going to finish it.

A. MODAL AXILIARIES
NEED

TO:

Needis a semi-modal verb

We useneedmostly in the negative form to indicate that

there is no obligation or necessity to do something:

CONTEX:
Your hair is going grey. I think you need itdyeing
Nobodyneedknow the name of the person who
made the complaint.

B. WOMAN ON TOP IN THE

NEW SALES INDUSTRY
SURVEY
1 A new survey of over 200 sales professionals has found
that two-thirds of women and over half of men believe
that women make the best salespeople, underlining the
growing reputation of women in the sales industry

B.
MANY PEOPLE ARE agreed that
women do make better
salespeople, with Hillary Clinton
voted as the top female
celebrity most likely to succeed
in a career in sales.

B. WHY
the main reason is that women
are better at actually closing a
deal, while women stated they
are better than men when it
comes to dealing with people

B. INDIVDUAL QUILITIES to
successful salesperson
men ranked honesty as most
important (53%), while women
placed most value on
personality (47%).