LESSON 17 - INTERMEDIATE

AMERICAN INSIDE OUT EVOLUTION – UNIT 6 – TIME

PREPOSITIONS
HAVE YOU DONE THE HOMEWORK?

 WB p. 24 exercises 1 and 2.
 WB p. 25 exercise 1.
RULES AT THE MOVIE

 Watch this short video

MODALS – CAN

Use Examples
ability to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to be
I can speak English.
able to)
permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to
Can I go to the cinema?
be allowed to)
request Can you wait a moment, please?
offer I can lend you my car till tomorrow.
suggestion Can we visit Grandma at the weekend?
possibility It can get very hot in Arizona.
MODALS – SHOULD

Use Examples
advice You should drive carefully in bad weather.
You should switch off the light when you leave the
obligation
room.
MODALS – MAY

Use Examples
possibility It may rain today.
permission to do sth. in the present (substitute form: to
May I go to the cinema?
be allowed to)
polite suggestion May I help you?
MODALS – COULD
Use Examples
ability to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be able
I could speak English.
to)
permission to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to be
I could go to the cinema.
allowed to)
polite question * Could I go to the cinema, please?
polite request * Could you wait a moment, please?
polite offer * I could lend you my car till tomorrow.
polite suggestion * Could we visit Grandma at the weekend?
possibility * It could get very hot in Montana.
MODALS – MUST

Use Examples
force, necessity I must go to the supermarket today.
possibility You must be tired.
advice, recommendation You must see the new film with Brad Pitt.
MODALS – HAVE TO

Use Examples
rule I have to wear an uniform at school.
obligation You have to arrive before 2 pm check in.
 Use the modal must when the obligation comes from the speaker.

 Use the modal must in written orders or instructions.

 Use the substitute form have to when there is an external obligation

e.g. timetable, weather or administration.
MUST OR HAVE TO?

 I must
? go to New York. I would like to see my sister.
 Due to a snow storm the pilot has? to land in Vancouver.
 You must
? stop smoking.
 You must
? log in to read your messages.
 My doctor says I have
? to stop smoking.
LISTENING AND READING
HOMEWORK

 WB – p.