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TEACHER: ___________________STUDENT:____________________DATE:__________________

MODAL AND PHRASAL MODALS

1. COULD IS USED TO SAY THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING IN GENERAL AT ANY TIME.

SHE COULD READ MUSIC BY THE TIME SHE WAS THREE.

2. WAS / WERE ABLE TO ARE USED TO INDICATE SOMEONE MANAGED TO DO SOMETHING ONCE.

HE WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE IN UNDER AN HOUR.

3. MAY AND CAN ARE OFTEN USED TO GIVE PERMISSION. THERE IS NO PAST FORM OF MAY FOR GIVING PERMISSION.

YOU MAY PARK HERE AFTER 7 P.M. OR

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PARK HERE AFTER 7 P.M. OR

YOU ARE PERMITTED TO PARK HERE AFTER 7 P.M.

NOTICE THE PAST FORMS:

YOU WERE ALLOWED TO PARK HERE AFTER 7 P.M. OR

YOU WERE PERMITTED TO PARK HERE AFTER 7 P.M.

4. MUST IS USED TO EXPRESS AN OBLIGATION OR SENSE OF URGENCY.

IT’S NOW SAFE HERE. EVERYONE MUST LEAVE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

5. HAVE TO IS MORE COMMONLY USED TO EXPRESS NECESSITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN SPEAKING IN THE PAST TENSE.

AT THE LECTURE LAST NIGHT, I HAD TO SHOW MY IDENTIFICATION CARD TO ENTER THE BUILDING.

6. WHEN SOMEONE LACK OF NECESSITY, USE DON’T /DOESN’T / DIDN’T HAVE TO DEPENDING ON THE TIME TENSE.

THIS LAST SATURDAY PAUL DIDN’T HAVE TO GO TO CLASS BECAUSE IT WAS THE LABOR DAY.

7. SHOULD AND SHOULD HAVE ARE USED TO SHOW REGRET OR GIVING AN ADVICE.

I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PARIS WHEN I HAD A CHANCE.

YOU SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR. YOU LOOK A LITTLE PALE.

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION BELOW. USE THE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE FORM. MORE THAN ONE ANSWER MAY BE POSSIBLE.

1. BRIAN: I’M GRADUATING NEXT YEAR AND DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.

2. LINDA: IN MY OPINION, YOU__________ GO TO COLLEGE. OTHERWISE, HOW WILL YOU GET A GOD JOB?

3. BRIAN: HOW WAS THE EXHIBIT AT THE ART MUSEUM?

4. LINDA: GREAT! BEST OF ALL, IT WAS FREE! I _________________ PAY A THING.

5. BRIAN: WHO DID YOU SUPPORT IN THE LAST ELECTION?

6. LINDA: I_________________VOTE THEN. I WAS TOO YOUNG AT THE TIME.

7. BRIAN: IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

8. LINDA: THAT’S NOT TRUE. YOU_________MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOU JUST_____________GET INVOLVED FIRST.

9. BRIAN: HE________________COMPLETED HIS JOB APPLICATION BY MONDAY, BUT HE DIDN’T.

10. LINDA: HE’S SO APATHETIC. HE DOESN’T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT ANYTHING.

11. BRIAN: WHY___________ WE HIRE YOU FOR THIS INTERNSHIP?

12. LINDA: WELL, FOR ONE THING I__________________TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES. I’M VERY WELL INFORMED.

13. BRIAN: ________ I CALL YOU TO DISCUSS THIS TOMORROW?

14. LINDA: I’M SORRY, BUT I___________ DO IT TOMORROW. HOW ABOUT FRIDAY?

15. BRIAN: HOW’ S WORK GOING? DID YOU___________WORK OVERTIME TO MAKE YOUR DEADLINE LAST WEEK?

16. LINDA: YEAH, I DID. BUT, I_____________ GO TO WORK ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY THIS WEEK, SO I’M HAPPY.