This document discusses different English modal verbs including can, could, should, must, mustn't, have to, may, and might. It provides examples of how each modal verb is used to express ability, possibility, permission, obligation, prohibition, requests, and advice. An exercise at the end tests understanding of the modal verbs by having the reader fill in the correct modal that fits each sentence.

1. MODALS
CAN, COULD, SHOULD, MUST, M
USTN’T, HAVE TO…

2. GRAMMAR
•MODAL “ can”and “can´t”
•We use can to express ability, possibility and permission
and to make a request.
•Examples:
Can you write a text message and talk at the same time?
I can jump high!”(ability)
"Can I go to the toilet, please?"(request)
"You can´t eat in the canteen" (possibility/permission)

3. Modal “could”and “couldn´t”
•We use could to express ability in the past, possibility
and to make a request.
•Examples:
The phone´s ringing. It could be Ben.
Could you use a mobile phone when you were ten?
He couldn´t remember the times of meeting.
She couldn´t do her homework.

4. MODAL “SHOULD” AND “SHOULDN´T”
•We use should to give advice.
•Examples:
We should leave a message
We shouldn´t own a mobile phone.
Should we leave a message?
•They should go to school.

5. MODAL “ MUST” AND “HAVE TO”
•We use must and have to to express obligation.
•Examples:
•You must go to school.
•You have to do your homework.
•You must go to bed early
•Does he have to study hard?

6. MODAL “MUSTN´T”
•We use mustn´t to express prohibition.
•Examples:
•You mustn´t use your mobile phone.
•He mustn´t go anywhere.
•You mustn´t walk alone on the street.

7. MODAL “MAY”
•We use may to show possibility in the future, to ask
for and give or deny permission in formal speech.
•Examples:
•I may have enough money to go to the cinema.
•May i use your phone?
•You may not use your phone here.
•You may have other things to do.

8. MODAL “MIGHT”
•We use might to express ability in the past, possibility
and to make requests.
•Examples:
I might be late for my maths test.
We might go to the shopping center.
I might have a shower after school.
Caution: don´t
use might for question.

9. EXERCISES
INSERT THE CORRECT MODAL
1.I have no time. I ………. leave now or I will miss
the bus.
2.I wish I ……… buy a new mobile phone but I
don't have enough money.
3.She looks tired; she ……….. take some days
off.
4.Judy is not at home. She ……… have gone to
Madrid, I don't know.
5. ……….we go out tonight, please? Yes, but you
………. be late.
6. I haven't decided yet where I will go in my next
holidays. I think I ……… go to Paris.
7. ……. you speak German? No, I …….. .
8. I ………call home.

10. ANSWERS
1.I have no time. I must leave now or I will miss the
bus.
2.I wish I could buy a new mobile phone but I don't
have enough money.
3. She looks tired; she should take some days off.
4. Judy is not at home. She might have gone to
Madrid, I don't know.
5.May we go out tonight, please? Yes, but you mustn´t
be late.
6.I haven't decided yet where I will go in my next
holidays. I think I might go to Paris.
7.Can you speak German? No, I can´t.
8. I have to call home.