Exploring Modal Verbs in English

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Rewrite the announcement to show the correct use of the modal verb phrase.

Last updated about 4 years ago

2 questions

Required

10

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3

Put the 10 sentences below, which all contain a modal verb phrase, in the right groups according to their functions 

I must pay my income tax soon. 

Campbell must just win the championship

Could I make a quick telephone call to you? 

I could speak Korean fluently when I was twelve years old. 

He can run 100 metres in less than 10 seconds. 

Even native speakers can make mistakes. 

She must have had a late night. (She looks so tired!)

You should turn on the video at the start of a Zoom lesson. 

It can't have been Rob - He's not even in Hong Kong. 

You can leave the  Zoom room now. 

Possibility

Deduction

Ability

Permisssion 

Obligation