COMMUNICATION CLASSES

DAY 14
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Models
- Fancy
- Flaunt their fashion sense
- Wear nice clothes
- Look different and good
- Same like the Fashion Models, these are the
English subject’s Modals
- Fashionable, cool and flaunting
MODAL VERBS

can
could
will
would
shall
should
may
might
must
ought to
 Modal Verbs = Mood
Modal verbs are those words which
expresses –
- Wish
- Desire
- Permission
- Advice
- Responsibility
- Ability
- etc.

Eg-
1) You can speak English (Ability)
2) You should speak English (Advice)
CAN
 Permission (informal)
 Capacity

PERMISSION

1. Can I come in?

2. Can you solve this question?
3. Can I do this?
4. Can you try forming a sentence in
English?
5. Can I have a holiday with my
cousins?
6. Can you turn down the music?
7. Can riding a bike in the hilly area
be dangerous?
8. Can he come with us?
9. Can I carry the bags for you?
10. Can you give me your bike?
11. Can you give me your
number?
12. Can I take some food?
13. Can I see your collection?
14. Can I touch your pet?
15. Can I borrow your pen?

CAPACITY

1. She can ride the bike

2. She can cook
3. You cannot smoke in this room
4. You can’t go to the party
5. You can’t behave like this
6. She can play the guitar
7. You cannot see me
8. Come on, you can do it
9. You can speak in English
10. They can come with us
COULD
 Polite request
 Ability in the past

POLITE REQUEST

1. Could you please open the door?

2. Could you shut the gate while
going?
3. Could you bring veggies for me
while coming from the market?
4. Could I have some water please?
5. Could you fetch me the book?
6. Could you turn down the music?
Please (Polite)
7. Can you turn down the music?
(Rude)
8. Could you please move a little
bit?
9. Could you help me to figure the
problem?
10. Could you hold this for a
minute?
11. Could you switch your seat
with me please?
12. Could you please open the
window?
ABILITY IN THE PAST

1. I could run a mile in 10 minutes when I

was younger
2. She could paint before she started
school
3. I couldn’t cook until I went to hostel
4. When I lived next to the pool, I could
go swimming every day
5. He couldn’t dance well in the school
days
WILL
 Future tense

1. I will go to the market today

2. I will buy new dress for my birthday
3. I will think today about going for a
movie
4. I will write my diary at night before
going to sleep
5. My mother will retire next year
6. I will make a mixed tape for you
7. I’ll call you asap (as soon as possible)
WOULD
 Polite request (to offer politely)
 Imaginary situations

POLITE REQUEST (to offer)

1. Would you like a cup of tea?

2. Would you close the door please?
3. Would you help me cook the dinner?
4. Would you help me?
5. Would you hand me the pencil?
6. Would you please be quite?
IMAGINARY SITUATIONS

1. If I had a million dollars, I would buy a

beach house
2. If Shirley worked hard, she would get a
promotion
3. If I won a lottery, I would go on a
world tour
4. If I was taller, I would be a basketball
player
SHALL
 Use for Future Tense
(Note: use shall with I and We)

1. Shall we start the class?

2. Shall I get the keys?
3. Shall I bring you biscuits with the
tea?
4. Shall I call her and ask her to come?
5. Well, we shall go now
6. Well, shall we go now?
7. Let’s have a nice little stroll, shall
we?
8. What shall I do?
9. Shall I order the cake?
10. Shall I bring the chair?
11. Shall we start the class?
12. Shall we dance?
13. Shall we begin/ proceed?
14. Shall we?
SHOULD
 Advice

1. You should go now

2. You should not talk while eating
3. You should improve your English
4. You should achieve the goal
5. You should mind your own
business
MAY
 Permission (formal)
 Blessings
 Possibility

PERMISSION

1. May I have your attention

please?
2. May I know your name?
3. May I see your identity please?
4. May I see your ticket?
5. Receptionist: Sir, may I help you?
BLESSINGS

1. May God bless you!

2. May he rest in peace!
3. May his soul rest in peace!
4. May God shower his blessings on
you!

POSSIBILITY

1. It may rain today

2. She may come on Saturday
3. We may get the tender by the
Govt.
4. He may not understand my
problem
MIGHT
 Possibility (lower possibilities)

1. He might come there

2. We might come if we are not
busy
3. It might rain today
4. I might not come
5. She might get the call on Tuesday
6. It might not work
7. It might work but the possibilities
are low
MUST
 Compulsion (order)

1. You must follow the traffic rules

2. You must apologize for your
mistake
3. You must switch off your phone
while the classes are going on
4. I must go now
OUGHT TO
 Obligation (compulsion)

1. They ought to follow the rules

2. You ought to follow the traffic
rules
3. You ought to fulfill the signed
agreement
4. They ought to meet to the boss
5. You ought to submit this before
your timeline
6. You ought to sell 100 products of
this brand before the year ends
USED TO
 Repeated action in the past

1. They used to live in London

2. I used to have long hair
3. Didn’t you use to have long hair?
4. She used to visit us often
5. I used to drink chocolate milk in the
childhood days
6. They used to call me frequently
7. I used to hate capsicum but I love it
now
 A short test –

Find all the Modal Verbs in the following

paragraph-

Daily you should add at least “1” new word to the

dictionary of your mind so that in a month you will
add “30” new words, may be and in a year almost
“365” new words would get added in your
vocabulary
NOW THIS COULD BE HUGE BECAUSE “365” IS A BIG
NUMBER
Answer-
Daily you should add at least “1” new word to the
dictionary of your mind so that in a month you will
add “30” new words, may be and in a year almost
“365” new words would get added in your
vocabulary
NOW THIS COULD BE HUGE BECAUSE “365” IS A BIG
NUMBER
Use correct “MODAL VERBS”

1) My Grandfather is 80 but he _ still

reads and writes without glasses

2) _ you help me with the home work

please?

3) Why _ I care about your problems?

4) _ you please switch your seat with

me?

5) If God grant me 1 wish then I _ ask

him the formula of vaccine for the
Corona
Answers -

1) My Grandfather is 80 but he can still

read and write without glasses

2) Could you help me with the home

work please?

3) Why should I care about your

problems?

4) Could you please switch your seat

with me?

5) If God grant me 1 wish then I would

ask him the formula of vaccine for the
Corona
 Tips for the day

1)Use modals in your day-to-day life, it will

improve the sense in your speech plus it will
add a fluency to your language

2)Speak English daily and you’ll understand the

difference in the graph of speaking this slang

3)Daily you should add at least “1” new word to

the dictionary of your mind so that in a month
you will add “30” new words, may be and in a
year almost “365” new words would get
added in your vocabulary
NOW THIS COULD BE HUGE BECAUSE “365” IS
A BIG NUMBER