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MODALS
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Learning Competency: Express permission,
obligation, and prohibition using modals

Learning Objectives: Specifically, after working on this

module, you should be able to do the following:
 Define modal

 Write sentences using modals of permission, obligation,

and prohibition
 Create a slogan of COVID-19 safety precautions using
modals of permission, obligation, and prohibition
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WHAT YOU KNOW?

 Modals are auxiliary verbs which give different

meanings to their main verbs. They express a
mood or an attitude of a speaker or a writer.
They convey ideas about permission, obligation,
prohibition. Understandings of these modals
provide clarity and correctness in expressions.
1. Arnel
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(can, may, should) ________ read
the resignation letter. (to express permission
in a formal way)
2. (Can, Shall, Must) ________ Ritchel sing
at the party? (to express permission
3. The Sarigumba family (should, may, can)
________ divide the tenhectare land. (to
express obligation)
4. The
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take his medicines for his heart ailment. (to
express obligation)
5. Friends (must not, cannot, might not)
________ betray one another. (to express
prohibition)
6. Companies (could, may, shall) ________
pay taxes next week. (to express obligation)
7. Love (must not, cannot, may not)
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________ be forgotten. (to express

prohibition)
8. You (may, shall, must) ________leave
the room. (to express permission)
9. The students (can, must, shall)
________ take their snacks. (to express
permission)
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10. Participants of the concert (could not,

might not, must not) ________ bring a cell
phone. (to express prohibition)
11. Parents (can, must, might) _______ take
care of their children. (to express obligation)
12. Rhea Joy (can, must, shall) _______
play with Dave. (to express permission)
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13. Jinky and Rey (can, might, shall)

_______ save money for their daughter’s
education. (to express obligation)
14. (Might, Must, Could) children oppose
their parents? (to express permission)
15. I (must, can, may) study my Math
lessons. (to express obligation)
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