Help, I need your advice!

Help, I need your advice!

This morning when I got up the windshield of my car was

broken.What should I do? I need your

ADVISE.

MODALS

What are Modals: Auxiliary verbs that help express special meanings such as advisability, necessity , ability and permission.

MODALS OF ADVISABILITY

Might (if you want to:choice)

Should (right thing to do)

Ought to (good idea )

Had better (warning or consequences will be bad)

There are four modals to help you express advisability:

NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME

EXAMPLES.

Subject + MODAL+ main verb

DON’T FORGET THE FORM!

How to give negative advice

Sometimes you need to advice a person what NOT to do in a given situation, this is negative advice.

You give negative advice by adding a negation after the modal.

Subject + MODAL+NOT + main verb

MIGHTMIGHT

You might want to put a band-aid on your cut.

Negative AdviceYou might not want to cover your cut with a

band-aid

You might want to put a band-aid on your cut.

Negative AdviceYou might not want to cover your cut with a

band-aid

ShouldShouldYou should clean your scrape with soap and

water.Negative Advice:

You should not touch your scrape with dirty

fingers.

You should clean your scrape with soap and

water.Negative Advice:

You should not touch your scrape with dirty

fingers.

Ought toOught to

You ought to clean you scrape, blood is

dripping.Negative Advice

You ought not to spread your blood everywhere.

You ought to clean you scrape, blood is

dripping.Negative Advice

You ought not to spread your blood everywhere.

had betterhad betterYou had better go to

the doctor to take care of your foot.

You had better not scratch your injury, it

will get infected.

You had better go to the doctor to take care

of your foot.You had better not

scratch your injury, it will get infected.

NOW LET’S PRACTICE!!

Subject + MODAL+ main verb

Subject + MODAL+NOT + main verb

DON’T FORGET THE FORM!