Showing posts with label Modals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modals. Show all posts

Monday, 20 February 2017

MODAL VERBS - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are some sites with online activities to understand modals better:

http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-verbos-modales-must-have-to-expresar-obligacion-rellenar-huecos/
Click at the bottom of the page to move on to the next page


Tuesday, 8 March 2016

MODAL VERBS - MUST - HAVE TO - INTERMEDIO LEVEL



PRESENT SIMPLE
HAVE TO / HAS TO
( also have got to…)
 General (external) obligation / rules / laws
Some external circumstance makes the obligation necessary
Impersonal ‘you’ – ( ‘you’ mean ‘people in general’)
MUST
Your own obligation / personal obligation / rules
Some personal circumstance makes the obligation necessary (and the speaker almost certainly agrees with the obligation.)
DON’T HAVE TO
DOESN’T HAVE TO
(also haven’t got to …)
 It is not necessary / there is no obligation
MUSTN’T
Prohibition



EXAMPLES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND PRESENT:
I must stop smoking. (I want to.)
I have to stop smoking. (Doctor's orders)

This is a terrible party. We really must go home.
This is a lovely party, but we've (got) to go home because of the baby-sitter.

Must you wear dirty old jeans all the time? (Is it personally important for you?)
Do you have to wear a tie at work? (Is there a regulation?)















Tuesday, 11 February 2014

MODAL 'CAN' - BASIC 1

This video has abilities people have and how you use those abilities with the modal 'CAN'


This is the link to an interactive book with activities and the modal 'can'. You have pronunciation exercises, vocabulary and a bit of grammar.

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/can/index.html

And now a bit of listening. This is a video with interview to people about their abilities.

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-9960.php

Test your English here

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar-verbs-testyourself4.htm




Thursday, 6 December 2012

CAN - BASIC LEVEL

Videos with interviews and exercises to practise. The exercises are clicking on the right top of the page.

Modal verb: CAN

Thursday, 1 December 2011

MODAL VERBS - INTERMEDIATE

English modal verbs are special verbs that are used to show possibility, ability, permission, and so forth. Really Learn English! provides you with excellent explanation to help you understand them better.

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

CAN / CAN'T - BASIC LEVEL

How well do you remember this modal verb that expresses ability? Can you remember everything or can't you remember anything? Try this exercise to find out! In each sentence choose which answer is needed to make correct sentences.

Learn English - can or can't

Note: Sometimes we replace 'can't' with 'cannot'. They have exactly the same meaning but can't is much more common.

Friday, 3 December 2010

MODALS

MUST / NEED / HAVE TO / SHOULD - Which one to choose? Dare to complete these sentences. You'll see it isn't so difficult after all:

Filling the blanks
Multiple choice

Friday, 19 November 2010

MODALS - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are the modals studied in unit 3. If you need the grammar support, please feel free to download the presentation below.