Syntax A

Handout 2d

Lesson 2 / handout 2d - KEY

 

Divide the following modals into the groups below; sometimes you have to use some modals more than once:

 

can/cannot     could/could not    can    could    may    might     may (not)     might (not)

 

ABILITY/INABILITY: can / cannot     could / could not

PERMISSION: can    could     may    might

PROHIBITION: cannot    could not     (may not)

PRESENT POSSIBILITY: may(not)    might (not)    could

GENERAL POSSIBILITY/IMPOSSIBILITY: can / cannot     could / could not