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Do You Know Your Mixed Modals?

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  • Don't play music in class (change to modal- advice)
    You shouldn't play music in class.
  • get / eight hours of sleep / every night (add modal to give Advice)
    You should get eight hours of sleep every night. (Modals of Advice)
  • If you don't want your dessert you ________ eat it. (no necessity)
    don't have to
  • Ken is really sick, he ________ (eat) so much at the buffet this morning. (give advice)
    shouldn't have eaten
  • show a weak probability with: might
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  • When she lived in Brazil, she ________ (walk) to work . Now she drives. (shows a past action that is no longer done)
    used to walk.
  • wear / must / business attire / at the office
    You must wear business attire at the office
  • She ____________ to attend this class if she doesn't want to. (no necessity)
    doesn't have to
  • Doctors _______ wear a mask when they are performing surgery. (obligation/rule)
    have to / must
  • I _______ renew my driver's license before it expires. (obligation)
    have got to / must
  • Don't run in the corridor! (change to modal) (obligation/rule)
    You musn't run in the corridor!
  • I am so tired. I _________ (take) a nap before we left. (give yourself advice about past))
    should have taken
  • show future ability with " will be able to
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  • Pete must take the key. I don't see it anywhere. (find the error in the time tense)
    Prisha MUST HAVE TAKEN the key. I don't see it anywhere.
  • study / before your final exams
    You had better (more serious) / should study before your final exams
  • Give advice using "ought to"
    You ought to.....
  • That woman could have been Jun's grandmother. She passed away last month. (find the error)
    That woman COULDN'T have been Jun's grandmother. She passed away last month.
  • study / two hours / a night ( (add modal to give Advice)
    You should study two hours a night (Modal of Advice)
  • make a polite request with: may
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  • When I worked in a Cuban restaurant, I would have eaten Cuban food every day. (find the error- show action is no longer done))
    When I worked in a Cuban restaurant, I USED TO eat Cuban food every day.
  • show future ability with " will be able to
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  • The sofa was pretty comfy, but I would rather slept on the bed. (find the error in the time tense)
    The sofa was pretty comfy, but I would rather HAVE slept on the bed.
  • Where is the rest of the pizza? Who had to eat it? (find the error- show possibility)
    Where is the rest of the pizza? Who COULD HAVE EATEN it?
  • Kevin ________ watch his little sister when his parents goes out. (necessity)
    has to/ needs to/ must
  • show a weak probability with: might
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  • Don't eat during the lesson (change to modal - advice)
    You shouldn't eat during the lesson.
  • show a probability with: may
    ---
  • show a weak probability with: might
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  • Show something is not necessary using: doesn't have to
    She doesn't have to....
  • Layla couldn't go out last night because she ________ study for her English exam. (Obligation)
    had to/ needed to
  • Luca couldn't go to the game because he _______ study. (past necessity)
    had to/ needed to
  • show future ability with " will be able to
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