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    PERMISSION

    OBLIGATION
    PROHIBITION
    Modals of
    Permission,
    Obligation, and
    Prohibition

    English 9
    Have you experienced being
    misunderstood by your family
    members, teachers, and friends?
    What did you do about it? Would
    you like to improve your
    communication with them, and be
    heard and understood?
    MODALS are helping verbs that denote
    intention or feeling of the speaker. They
    indicate likelihood, permission, ability,
    possibility, suggestions, prohibition,
    advice, order or request.

    It is always accompanied with a verb in


    its base form:

    modal + V (base form)= can eat, should


    walk, may pay
    A modal of permission is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to ask for or
    give permission. Modals of permission are usually used in the present or
    future tense and can be used to express both politeness and certainty.
    They can also be used to express possibility and uncertainty.

    Examples of modals of permission


    Let's look at some examples of modals of permission:

    1. Can I borrow your phone? 6. Must I wear a tie to the meeting?


    2. Could I have a glass of water? 7. Shall I help you with that?
    3. May I have a piece of cake? 8. Should I call you later?
    4. Might I use the restroom? 9. Will you let me know when you are ready?
    Modal of obligation is a sense of duty demanded by conscience,
    custom or gratitude. It is expressed by modals seen in the table
    below with their examples in sentences.
    Modal Sample sentences
    have to / need to strong obligation (possibly from
    outside)

    Children have to go to school.


    (sometimes 'have got to') I need to
    go to work to earn a living.
    must strong obligation (possibly based on
    the speaker's opinion) I must study
    today.
    Modal of prohibition is an act of restraining or stopping
    an action by an authority. Modals used here are the
    same in modals of permission or obligation but with the
    word NOT.

    1. Doctors must not/mustn’t make mistakes.


    2. She could not/couldn’t play such a rough game of
    politics.
    3. You cannot/can’t smoke in any public place.
    4. You may not eat in the classroom during break time.
    ______________________________________
    (prohibition)

    Direction: Study the


    pictures and construct a
    sentence using modal _____________________________
    verbs indicated in the (obligation)

    parenthesis.

    _____________________________
    (permission)
    Direction: Choose the right modal verb from the pool of words below. Answers may be
    repeated.
    might must must not can cannot should could

    1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You ______ buy any.
    2. It's a hospital. You _______ smoke.
    3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He ______ be tired after such hard
    work. He 4. ______ prefer to get some rest.
    5. I ______speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But
    after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot
    almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I 6. _____ just say a few things in the
    language.
    7. ______ you stand on your head for more than a minute?
    8. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you ______ to work hard.
    9. Take an umbrella. It ________ rain later.
    10. Drivers ______ stop when the traffic lights are red.
    Conclusion..
    .
    Learning about modal
    of express permission,
    verbs

    obligation, and prohibition


    equips us with valuable
    language tools to effectively
    communicate our intentions
    and responsibilities,
    enhancing our ability to
    express ourselves clearly and
    confidently in various
    situations.

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