Modality booklet

MODALITY 1.

(Adapted from Grammar to go. Elementary. OUP)

2.

(Adapted from Grammar to go. Elementary. OUP)

3.- Use could with the verbs in brackets to complete the story: My brother´s baby was unusual. When she was three months old she (say)___________15 words. When she was a year old she (name)____________all the colours, and she (count)___________ to 100. When she was three she (read)______________ easy books. She (not write)_____________, but she (tell) _____________ wonderful stories, and she (remember) ____________ every story that she heard. She (not walk) ____________ until she was nearly two, though.

(Adapted from The Good Grammar Book)

4.- John has no money. He is thinking about things that might happen. Put in verbs from the box with might: Buy

Fall

Find

Make

Send

Win

I _______________ a lot of money in the lottery. Or I _____________ some money in the street. Or Uncle Max ________________ me $1,000. Or a rich woman ______________ in love with me. Or the bank ______________ a mistake. Or somebody ________________ my old car.

(Adapted from The Good Grammar Book)

5.- A teacher is telling her class what to do. Complete the text with may and verbs from the box: Do Talk

Leave Not talk

Not leave Use

Take Use

Please work in groups. You _______________ in your group, but please talk quietly. You _____________ to another group, and you ________________ the room. You _____________ your dictionaries. If you want to use other books, you ___________ them from the shelf; but only one person _____________ the group at a time. Each group ____________ the computer for twenty minutes; I will tell you when it is your turn. If you finish before the time is up, you ______________ other work, but please work quietly.

(Adapted from The Good Grammar Book)