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The document explains the use of modal helping verbs such as can, may, should, and must in English grammar. It provides examples of how these verbs are used to express permission, suggestions, and necessity. Additionally, it includes exercises for practicing the correct use of these verbs in sentences.
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May I come in?
+ Pam should take her mother’s advice.
+ You must eat fruits and vegetables.
The words can, may, should, and must are called modal helping verbs. These
| helping verbs are used with a main verb to add to the meaning of a sentence,
:xamples
+ Tom can run very fast.
e not allowed to do,
Examples:
+ Mum said I can have ice cream.
We use can to ask for permission, make a
refuse permission
Example
* Can watch television tonight?
+ Can you show me how to solve thigy
‘ou tell me if this train goes
You can’t use my telephone,May
V
use may to ask for and
| give permission
May Lspeak now? Yes, you may
We use may to talk about something that is possible,
gue may like the movie, but Jill may pa
se May Not to refuse permission,
take leave tomorrow? No, you may not.
Should
We use should to sug
g that is good or the right thing to do:
You should take care of your health,
se should not to sugg
est something that is not the right thing to do.
should not work so hard.
nust to talk about things that are necessary to do,
louder, can't hear you.
» You must sp
» must not to talk about things that should absolutely not be done,
> Weuse
nust not play with fire.
Fill in the blanks with can or can't and the verbs given in the brackets. Ou we>
Discuss your answers in class and score yourself. cl
2) You.Lom byery10u my pen if you want. (borrow)minute? (talk)
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mountains from the ¥
and can't.
h) Have you seen my bag
2, Workin pairs. Ask and answer
Follow the example.
wim? Student
Student B: Yes, | can- Can you
questions using ©”
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Student A: Can you S|
ke a cake?
can't. Can you bal
sing may or may not correctly. Do not rewrite if
Student A: No.
3. Rewrite these sentences U:
sentence is already correct.
not reach late for the meeting.
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(hic bs 4 voy 2190
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ea few sentences for each topic using should or must,
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He wants to come with us,
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beach every weekend.
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policeman.
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he verbs was and were, ye
ense has t
Write
hen a sentence in the simple past té
te verb to form negative sentences. Zz i
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ples: .
as not at home when she came. @
.d Rani were not in India last month.
then a sentence in the simple past tens¢ has any other verb, we write did :
NOt beg
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g, well 1
iid not wish the teacher.
id not is didn’t. Didn't is used with both singular and pluraj
ral sub
jects
s, the verb is always in its base form (such as sing and wish
to have in the negative form. it
negative sentences.-
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jmperative sentences
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negative. ') at the beg
xamples:
Dont talk so loudly.
* make nois
45, Complete these sentences as affirm ‘
mative
given in brackets Twohwve ben den ge Uietheves
ie on
dass and score yourself, for you. Discuss your anewe
sin
— Careful or you will al, (be)
We can hear you. (chout)
) 7
Jen A tea benen thi
fe teacher is teaching. (talk)
Slowly! We are not following you. (speak) |
Ger got _So-call your grandmother today. (forget)
off your mobiles in the theatre. (switch)
Dicoffee for me. I dont like it. (order)
football on the road. Its dangerous. (play)
ntences to affirmative. @ RIS)
graph aloud by changing the ncgati
‘bake a cake for my sister’ birthday, She did-not
fe cake with vanilla icing. Lavas-nct happy to bake it
the ingredients and baked the cake for 20 minutes
the vanilla icing, After the cake cooled, 1 didnot 8
fame on it with the icing, 1 did:mot put six candles
Tove the cake! She sai it was not the best
tatfor a vacation?
= wh- questions
BPibn is always a yes or a no. Its often followed by
statements.
ing the order of words in
do or does beforenge Simple past Sentences ig, Westions, we 4
Md did before oh
ball. Question
dthe
starting with do, docs,
Question
& piano? * Did he kick the batiz
to form questions, Co
mpare your answers
i's. Score each other,Wh- questions
Read these questions
What is his name? %%
When did he move here?
Which car does he drive?
+ Who is that man?
+ Where does he live?
* Why did he move here? -
How old is he?
Awh- question begins with one of the question words who, what, where, when
why, or which, It may also begin with how.
fe answer to a wh- question is always a piece of information. 2
H- WORDS ASKS ABOUT EXAMPLE
people Who ate the last cookie?
things, names, activities What have you brought for me>
places Where are we meeting tonight
time When does the next show st
reasons Why do you look so upseiz
ee
+ How are you?
> quantity, age, and +» How old are you?
ings are done « How many children are
there in your class?| re questio
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for th
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ypArerre A fue yo, the words in bold os cee Due)
)
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classmate is fro
pee from Japan
Bete DEN Hey
ichael drives to work
shen Can
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cee ems over thay evening, _—
yi 9 d
@ DENY OH! You not
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(because) 1am not feeling wet, A=
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ybought apples and oranges, L
in pairs. Askeach other real questions, us each of th 2
- ve words mentioned in this ing each of the Oe rs
qu
chapter, Follow the examples,
tion tags
It.
jon at the end of a statement
short question at
s we add a
Beale thn
Who is your best
friend?
isn't it?
ly day, isn ae
- brilliant, wast!Those short questions that appear at tho end of statements aro called Westiog ~
tags. We add question tags to verify Information and to find out if the person i
aro speaking to agroos with us.
ping verb and the pronoun of the statereny
hestion tags are formed with the hel
for that noun to form the qu
statement has a noun, we use the pronoun
nple:
fom is older than you, isn't he?
ve, we use a negative question tag:
Ifa statement is posi
mple:
She has a pet parrot, doesn't she?
Tithe statement is negative, we use a positive question tag,
in today, did it?
yrrect question tags and place them at the end of each
cuss your answers in dass and score yourself SxWeg |
Negative tags:
wasn'tit | aren'tthey |
didn't you
Catit weaqejourney Will not take Jong, ill
aw the dog in the garden, att, oa
2
estion tags given i es
i gs given below ins of paper, Each student Ean)
mall pi
e paper and make a Sentence wt
the question tag written
is she? don't you? were you? was she?
do you? did she? canit they? can you?
doesn't he? hasn't she? have yout are you?
will you? wasnit she? wasnithe?
suit it?
did you? does he? .