English 8 Module 3 LAS
English 8 Module 3 LAS
Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAMARINES NORTE
PARACALE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PARACALE, CAMARINES NORTE
A S B H M O D A L S A L
D U N O I T A G I L B O
V N X X G W C V T G X N
I A F I Y T I L I B A O
C F F J L T L T Z V S I
E P E R M I S S I O N T
X C V H I S A B L R R I
I P F M D C V R T W G D
E S Z E Q X A F I A H A
N W B F R N Z T F E C R
A N E C E S S I T Y S T
P O S S I B I L I T Y C
1. MODALS are special types of helping verbs and are joined with the simple form of the verb.
2. PERMISSION is the ability to do something that is given by someone who has the power to decide if it will
be allowed or permitted.
3. POSSIBILITY is a chance that something may happen or be true.
4. Lack of NECESSITY is the absence of obligation.
5. PROHIBITION is to prevent or to forbid from doing something.
6. ABILITY is the quality or state of being able; competence in doing something.
7. ADVICE is the recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct or action.
8. PROBABILITY is likely to be or become true real; supported by evidence that is strong enough to establish
presumption but not proof.
9. OBLIGATION is something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out
of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.
10. AFRICA is the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth.
LEARNING CONCEPTS
MODALS are special types of helping verbs and are joined with the simple form of the verb. They give
additional information about the function of the main verb that follows it.
Modal verbs are used to express functions such as ability, probability, permission, obligation, advice,
possibility, prohibition, and lack of necessity.
Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs. Here are some important differences:
1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.
Examples:
• He can speak Chinese.
• She should be here by 9:00.
2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in simple present and simple past.
Examples:
• He should not be late.
• They might not come to the party.
3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.
Examples:
• He will can go with us. Not Correct
• She musted study very hard. Not Correct
MODALS IN ENGLISH
1. can
Use Examples
ability to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be able to) I can speak English.
permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be allowed to) Can I go to the cinema?
request Can you wait a moment, please?
offer I can lend you my car till tomorrow.
suggestion Can we visit Grandma at the weekend?
possibility It can get very hot in Arizona.
2. could
Use Examples
ability to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be able to) I could speak English.
permission to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be allowed to) I could go to the cinema.
polite question * Could I go to the cinema, please?
polite request * Could you wait a moment, please?
polite offer * I could lend you my car till tomorrow.
polite suggestion * Could we visit Grandma at the
weekend?
possibility * It could get very hot in Montana.
3. may
Use Examples
possibility It may rain today.
permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be allowed to) May I go to the cinema?
polite suggestion May I help you?
4. might
Use Examples
possibility (less possible than may) * It might rain today.
hesitant offer * Might I help you?
5. must
Use Examples
force, necessity I must go to the supermarket today.
possibility You must be tired.
advice, recommendation You must see the new film with Brad Pitt.
7. need not
Use Examples
sth. is not necessary I needn't go to the supermarket, we're going to the restaurant tonight.
10. should
Use Examples
advice You should drive carefully in bad weather.
obligation You should switch off the light when you leave the room.
11. will
Use Examples
wish, request, demand, order (less polite than would) Will you please shut the door?
prediction, assumption I think it will rain on Friday.
promise I will stop smoking.
spontaneous decision Can somebody drive me to the station? - I will.
habits She's strange, she'll sit for hours without talking.
12. would
Use Examples
wish, request (more polite than will) Would you shut the door, please?
habits in the past Sometimes he would bring me some flowers.
PARALLEL ASSESSMENT
Direction: Pick out the most appropriate modal/s to fill out the sentences. Write the letter of your answer on 1
whole sheet of paper.
ACTIVITY 2
Direction: Complete the sentences using the appropriate modal(s). Some statements may have more than one
correct answer.
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