Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Complete the sentences with the correct option.

FUNCTION:

The main function of modal verbs is to allow the speaker or writer to express their opinion of, or their attitude to, a proposition. These propositions can include obligation, asking for and giving permission, disapproval, advising, logical deduction, ability, possibility, necessity, absence of necessity, etc. 

 

                    MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS:

MODAL USE            
Can ability, suggestion, permission
Be able to ability
Could past ability, suggestion, request
May possibility, permission
Might slight possibility
Have/Has to obligation
Must strong obligation
Need to obligation, necessity 
Should opinion, advice
Ought to  logical deduction, advice
Will invitation, offer
Would polite request, preference
Shall offer

 

Let´s see if you got it!!!

1. you like to go to Cuba to meet my family? 

2. It´s cold outside. You wear a coat and a scarf.

3. You ride  a bike on a motorway in Britain. 

4. I´m not sure, but I have seen Alma in town yesterday. 

5. My letter have arrived yesterday, but it didn´t.

6. I can hear footsteps in the flats upstairs, so there be someone there. 

7. There have been a riot in the house, look at the children´s bedroom!

8. You spend too much on construction materials this year.

9. I have to drive my son to the airport next week. 

10. When the thief broke into his house. I lock him in the cellar and call the police. 

11. we begin the meeting now? 

12. you tell me the way to the bus station please? 

13. I haven´t cleaned my car since last month, so I do it this week. 

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