Modal Verbs: Practice

Modal Verbs: Practice

1. CAN and COULD 
2. CAN / COULD 2
3. CAN / CAN'T / COULD / COULDN'T
4. COULD I / COULD YOU?
5. MUST / MUST NOT
6. SHOULD / SHOULDN'T


MODAL VERBS IN SONGS

Translate these sentences:

1. No puedo sacarte de mi cabeza.
2. Sé que puedo ser lo que quiera ser.
3. No debes llorar.
4. El espectáculo debe continuar.
5. Debería quedarme o debería marcharme?

Then watch the video and check your answers.

Modals: Structure and Use.

ESTRUCTURA

- Los modales van seguidos por un infinitivo sin “to”.

- No llevan –s en la tercera persona.

- Funcionan como auxiliares, así que no van acompañados de otros auxiliares en las oraciones negativas o interrogativas. 

     I can speak English (NOT: I can to speak English). 
     She can speak Spanish. (NOT: Shee cans speak Spanish).
      I can’t speak Spanish (NOT: I don’t can speak Spanish).

ORACIONES NEGATIVAS: 

SUJ + MODAL + NOT + INFINITIVO

     You must not /mustn’t walk on the grass.

     He cannot/can’t speak Arabic.

     We should not / shouldn’t be late.

PREGUNTAS: 

MODAL + SUJ + INFINITIVO

      Can I have another piece of cake please?

      Should I stay with her?

Modals: Translate the examples

TRANSLATE THESE EXAMPLES

     

PRACTICE

1. Choose the right option: can, can't, must, mustn't, should shouldn't

What some people can do

Handlebars 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 

No handlebars 

No handlebars 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 

No handlebars 

No handlebars 

Look at me 

look at me 

hands in the air like it's good to be 

ALIVE 

and I'm a famous rapper 

even when the paths're all crookedy 

I can show you how to do-si-do 

I can show you how to scratch a record 

I can take apart the remote control 

And I can almost put it back together 

I can tie a knot in a cherry stem 

I can tell you about Leif Ericson 

I know all the words to "De Colores" 

And "I'm Proud to be an American" 

Me and my friend saw a platypus 

Me and my friend made a comic book 

And guess how long it took 

I can do anything that I want cause look 

I can keep rhythm with no metronome 

No metronome 

No metronome 

I can see your face on the telephone 

On the telephone 

On the telephone 

Look at me 

Look at me 

Just called to say that it's good to be 

ALIVE 

In such a small world 

All curled up with a book to read 

I can raise funds open up a thrift store 

I can make a living off a magazine 

I can design an engine sixty four 

Miles to a gallon of gasoline 

I can make new antibiotics 

I can make computers survive aquatic conditions 

I know how to run a business 

And I can make you wanna buy a product 

Movers shakers and producers 

Me and my friends understand the future 

I see the strings that control the systems 

I can do anything with no assistance 

I can change the nation with a microphone 

With a microphone 

With a microphone 

I can split on atom of a molecule 

Of a molecule 

Of a molecule 

Look at me 

Look at me 

Driving and I won't stop 

And it feels so good to be 

Alive and on top 

My reach is global 

My tower secure 

My cause is noble 

My power is pure 

I can hand out a million vaccinations 

Or let'em all die in exasperation 

Have'em all grilled leavin lacerations 

Have'em all killed by assassination 

I can make anybody go to prison 

Just because I don't like'em and 

I can do anything with no permission 

I have it all under my command 

I can guide a missile by satellite 

By satellite 

By satellite 

I can hit a target through a telescope 

Through a telescope 

Through a telescope 

I can end the planet in a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

In a holocaust 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 

No handle bars 

No handlebars 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 

No handlebars 

no handlebars