What is Cyber Monday?
Now watch this song and decide why is entitled Ka-Ching.
MODAL
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EXAMPLES
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USES
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CAN
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He can find any street in London.
You can take a taxi.
Can you take me to Victoria Station? |
Ability
Suggestion
Request
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BE ABLE TO
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He is able to find any street in London.
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Ability
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CAN ́T
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That story can ́t be true.
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Certainty that something is
impossible
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COULD
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I could play tennis when I was younger.
Could you take me to Victoria Station?.
You could take a taxi.
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Ability
Request
Suggestion
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MAY
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It may be quicker to travel by train.
May I come in?.
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Possibility
Formal request
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MIGHT
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It might be quicker to travel by train.
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Possibility
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MUST
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You must be back at 10 o ́clock.
Look at the snow. It must be cold outside. |
Obligation
Certainty that something is true |
HAVE TO
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You have to be back at 10 o ́clock.
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Obligation
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NEED TO
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You need to study a lot.
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Obligation
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NEEDN ́T
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You needn ́t have a university degree.
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Lack of obligation
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MUSTN ́T
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You mustn ́t drive without a licence.
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Prohibition
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DON ́T HAVE TO
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You don ́t have to call a taxi.
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Lack of obligation
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SHOULD
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You should drive more carefully
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Opinion / Advice
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OUGHT TO
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You ought to drive more carefully
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Opinion / Advice
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MODAL
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EXAMPLES
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USES
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MUST HAVE
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The driver must have lost his way.
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A certainty or logical
conclusion about an event in
the past.
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MIGHT / MAY HAVE
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She might / may have bought a new car.
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A guess about something which
happened in the past.
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COULD HAVE
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You could have avoided that accident.
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The ability to do something in
the past, but which in the end
was not done.
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COULDN ́T HAVE
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He couldn ́t have known about the
problem.
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A certainty that something did
not happen.
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SHOULD HAVE
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He should have listened to me.
They should have won the competition. |
Advice which was not followed
in the past.
Expectations which were not fulfilled in the past. |
SHOULDN ́T HAVE
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You shouldn ́t have gone on foot.
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Criticism that was given after
an event.
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