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1.2 Check your understanding
1.2 Check your understanding Language focus Modal verbs express possibility, ability, permission or obligation by changing other verbs in a sentence. Common modal verbs are shown here.
may
should would
could
shall
can
must ought to
might
FT
will
Modals are followed by the base verb they change.
Example: I can dream; you ought to eat; she should smile.
Modals can express degrees of possibility – how likely something is to happen: It could be hot tomorrow.
I must do my homework.
R
It will be hot tomorrow.
Focus
I should do my homework.
A
It might be hot tomorrow.
I may do my homework.
1 Identify the modal verb and explain the difference in the meaning of these sentences. Grasshopper could listen to Ant’s advice.
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Grasshopper should listen to Ant’s advice.
Practice 2 Rewrite these sentences to make them negative by changing the modal verb using a contraction. a Grasshopper must think about the coming winter.
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