Prof.

Ayleen Trujillo Ruiz

Play the song and fill in the blanks the following lyrics.

I __________________ better with a girl like

you
This _________ only happen to
That I _____________ everything that you do
me
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do
_______ you see, can't you see
Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss
That when I tell you that I love
__________
you, oh
This could only happen to me
You're gonna say you love me,
________ you see, can't you see
too, oh
That when I tell you that I love you, oh
And when I ask you to be mine
You're gonna say you love me, too, oh
You're gonna say you love me,
And when I ask you to be mine
too
You're gonna say you love me, too
You love me, too, you love me,
So oh, I ________________ a lot of things
too,
before
you love me, too
If this is love you've got to give me more
 May I come in?

You should take care of your health.

Modal verbs are a part of the larger category called auxiliary verbs which are verbs that cannot
be used on their own; they need to be accompanied by another verb (main verb).

The following words are modal verbs:

CAN MUST HAVE TO

MAY WILL NEED

MIGHT WOULD SHOULD

COULD SHALL OUGHT TO
Modal verbs provide additional information about the verb that follows them. They are used
to express ability, obligation, permission, assumptions, probability and possibility, requests
and offers, deductions, necessity (lack of), prohibition, criticism, and advice.

Each modal verb can have more than one meaning which depends on the context of that
sentence.
You can go to the party. permission

I can play the piano. ability

You can have milk or juice. possibility

A modal verb is followed by another verb in the base form and they are not conjugated.

She can play the piano.

She cans play the piano.

She can plays the piano.

She can to play the piano.

 LOGICAL
ASSUMPTIONS /
DEDUCTIONS
 MUST sure / certain that STH is true.

It is used in affirmative sentences and expresses positive logical beliefs.

E.g. You have been working all day, you must be exhausted.

CAN’T / certain that STH is not true / real.

COULDN’
They are used in negations and express negative logical
T
assumptions.
E.g. They cannot be at home yet, it is too early.
POSSIBILITY
CAN + PRES general possibility.
INFINITIVE
STH theoretically possible, not used for a specific situation.

E.g. You can go to the mountain or to the beach this

weekend.

COULD / MAY / it is possible / likely.

MIGHT + PRES
It is used to show STH is possible in a specific situation.
INFINITIVE
E.g. You should go to the party with them, you may have
fun!
COULD / MIGHT / refers to the past.
WOULD +
It is used to show STH was possible, but was not done in the end.
PERFECT
INFINITIVE E.g. You might have told her the truth!
 OBLIGATION /
DUTY / NECESSITY
 MUST expresses duty, strong obligation to do STH, STH is essential.

We generally use MUST when the speaker has decided that STH is necessary.

E.g. You must wear a seatbelt at all times.

expresses strong necessity / obligation.

HAVE TO
We usually use it when SB other than the speaker has decided that STH is
necessary.
E.g. You have to study for your test tomorrow.
SHOULD / expresses duty, weak obligation.
OUGHT TO These are less emphatic than must or have to.

E.g. You should be at work before 9.

NEED expresses necessity (it is necessary to).

It can be used as a modal verb or as a main verb with no change

in meaning.
E.g. Need I go with you to the meeting?

Do I need to go with you to the meeting?

ABSENCE OF
NECESSITY
NEEDN’T / DON’T it is not necessary to do STH. (in the present /
HAVE TO / DON’T future)
E.g. You don’t need to help me with this project.
NEED TO + PRES
INFINITIVE

DIDN’T HAVE it was not necessary to do STH. We don’t know if it was done
TO / DIDN’T or not.
E.g. She didn’t have to buy any present. (don’t know if she did)
NEED TO + PRES
INFINITIVE
NEEDN’T + it was not necessary to do STH, but it was
BARE done.
E.g. He needn’t have gone to the supermarket. (He went to the
PERFECT
supermarket)
INFINITIVE
PROHIBITION
MUSTN’T / it is forbidden to so STH.
CAN’T It is against the rules / law; you are not allowed to do
STH.
E.g. You mustn’t eat in class.
CRITICISM
 COULD / They are used to criticize SB’s actions or lack of action (in the past). It
SHOULD / would have been better if you had… (past).
MIGHT /
E.g. You should have been more careful crossing the
OUGHT TO +
street.
PERFECT
INFINITIVE