Modal Verbs

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 569.

Ex. 1. Translate the word combinations and use them in your own sentences.

Noun as a left Attribute

E.g.radio signals

a glass door

the conference room

Game rooms, business apartments, conference halls, a fitness centre, tennis courts, a night porter, four-poster bed, buffet service, a business centre, a hotel suit.

Ex. 2. Translate the word combinations and use them in your own sentences:

A coffee bag, the bag paper, few fruit trees, the salt box, a corner table, a wall clock, a telephone table, a town park, wide town streets, the road map, a desk clock, a paper bag, the door glass, the glass door, a town port, a port town.

-We use canfor ability in the present: E.g. I can type twenty-five words a minute.

-We use mayfor possibility in the present and future or asking permission: E.g. You mayleave early.

- We use must, have to, should ( ought to ) and to be to to talk about obligations: E.g. You must be quiet. I haveto go to the bank. You shoulddo as you are told.

-We use don`t have to to show something is not necessary:E. g.You don`t have toprove everybody that you are right.

-We use mustn`t and shouldn`t to indicate obligation not to do something. E.g.You mustn'tphoned me even if you get any news .

Ex 3. The housekeeper is explaining to a new chamber-maid what her duties are. Select the most appropriate structure in the sentences below:

1. You (mustn't / don't have to) smoke in bedrooms.

2. You (don't have to / shouldn't) work at night.

3. You (shouldn't / don't have to) have twenty-minute break every two hours.

4. You (don't have to/must) come at 8.15 a.m.

5. You (have to / shouldn't) be finished by about 2 p.m. most days.

6. You (shouldn't / don't have to) make it clear you want a tip.

Ex.4.Find Predicates with Modal Verbs. Translate the sentences:

1.The students studying chemistry must remember that the activity of the atom is the basis of a chemical reaction.2.During the chemical reaction atoms can change their places.3.First you must study the instruction and only then you can begin the experiment.4.The students may use these vocabularies for this article translation.5.At this signal, the player is to start the game.6.This plant is to begin its work in the end of the month. 7. My friend and I are going to the theatre. He has to come in an hour.8.You should watch this film again. It`s really good! 9.My brother is a great reader. He has a large home library.10. The company is to construct the factory not far from the city.

Ex.5.Fill in the spaces in the following sentences by inserting must or the present, future, or past form of have to

1. She … leave home at eight every morning at present. 2. Notice in a picture gallery: cameras, sticks and umbrellas … be left at the desk. 3.He sees very badly; he … wear glasses all the time. 4.I … do all the typing at my office. 5. You … read this book. It`s really excellent. 6. The children … play in the street till their mothers get home from work.

7. She felt ill and … leave early.8. Mr Pitt … cook his own meals. His wife is away.9.I haven`t enough money and I … pay by cheque. 10. I never remember his address; I always … look it up. 11. Employer: You … come to work in time. 12.Father to small son: You … do what Mummy says.13. English children … stay at school till the age of 16.

14.The buses are all full; I … get a taxi.15. Tell her that she … be here by six. I insist on it.