modals Flashcards

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are auxliary verbs or helping verbs. they may expressing permission, obligation and prohibition

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modals

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2
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is an act of giving consent or authorization

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permission

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3
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is used to ask for and give permission

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can

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4
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is also used as a more polite and more formal modal in asking permission

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could

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5
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is the most polite and formal modal used in asking and giving permission

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may

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6
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act of disallowing someone in performing something

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prohibition

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7
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used in dealing with someyhing against rules.

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can’t / cannot

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8
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this is used when the speaker is not the one who sets the rules

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can’t / cannot

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9
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is udes in dealing with something that is not permitted.

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must not / mustn’t

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10
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it is the speaker who sets the rules

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must not / mustn’t

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11
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expresses commitment or duty

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obligation

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12
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is used when obligation comes not from the speaker

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has / have to

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13
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used when expressing obligation comes from the speaker or authority

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must

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14
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expresses the absence of commitment or duty

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no obligation

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15
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used to express no obligation

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don’t / doesn’t have to

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