Day: 12 October 2015

Types Of Modal Verbs

We have already talked about modal verbs. You can go through it here.
Let us have a look at the types of modal verbs.

Probability
Probability verbs are used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. These are also called ‘modals of deduction’ or ‘speculation’ or ‘certainty’ or ‘probability’.
Example – 1. They should be there by now.
2. Prices can be high in London.
Ability
Modal verbs such as can and could to talk about skill and ability.
Example – 1. She can speak English.
2. I couldn’t open the window.
Obligation And Advice
We use modal verbs such as ‘must’ or ‘should’ to say when something is necessary or unnecessary, or to give advice.
Example – 1. I had to wear a school uniform when I was a child.
2. You shouldn’t smoke so much.
Permission
Modal verbs such as can, could and may to ask for and give permission. They are also used to say, something is not allowed. Example – 1. You may not use the laptop today.
2. Can I leave early today?
Habits
You can talk about will and would to talk about habits that have been a part of you since a very long time or you will be doing them in near future.
Example – 1. She will always be late.
2. We would often go out for party on Saturdays.

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Modal Verbs # Grammar For IELTS

Showing a varied range of grammar in IELTS helps in scoring high band in IELTS. For today, let us have a look at one of the most used topic in IELTS, modal verbs.
Examples of modal verbs –

can could
may might
shall should

Modal verbs are used to show that you are certain about something, sure that it will happen.We also use modals to do things like talking about ability, asking permission making requests and offers.
Modal verbs behave very differently from the normal verbs. Let us have a look at some of its distinguishing factors –
1. Modal verbs do not take ‘s’ in the third form.
Example- He can speak english.
2. You use not to make the modal verbs negative, even in simple past or simple present.
Example – He should not be late
3. Modal verbs cannot used with past or future tense.
Example – He will can come with us.
4. They make questions by inversion.
5. They are followed directly by the infinitive of another verb.

QUESTION TIME

Fill in the blank with modal verbs.
1. He ________ be exhausted after a long journey.
a.must
b.can
c. had better
2. There are many things people will ask you to do. But you _________ do it if you don’t like.
a. must not
b. can not
c. will not.
3. The lamp ________ be broken. Maybe the light bulb just burned out.
a. could not
b. must not
c. might not
4. _____________ you please bring me my notebook?
a. will
b. may
c. should
5. To score high in IELTS, you ______ study lot.
a. must
b. should
c. can

ANSWERS

1. a
2.a
3.c
4.a
5.a
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Games For Topic Sentence

When writing something, you write it for the reader and have to make sure that he/she understands the topic clearly.To do this,you need to practice writing clear topic sentence. Topic sentence helps the reader to follow the plan of your essay. Let us now practice writing topic sentence by playing games for topic sentence.

worst/the/pollution/are/in/reasons/Venus/There/many/why/in/is/universe


answer- there are many reasons why pollution in venus is the worst in the universe.
it clearly states the topic- “pollution in venus”

practice topic sentence

dedication/leader/to/be/,/an/requires/effective


Answer – To be an effective leader, requires dedication.
It clearly states the topic i.e. effective leader
research/eye/remodeling/requires/good/the/office/a/successfully/and


Answer – Remodeling the office successfully requires research and a good eye.
The main idea is remodeling the office
your/having/of/in/a/the/first/child/significant/is/difficult/adjustments/because/life


Answer – Having a first child is difficult because of the significant adjustments in your life.
The main idea is the first child.
different/graduating/important/from/for/college/is/many/reasons


Answer – Graduating from college is important for many different reasons.
The main idea is graduating from college

So, go on practice these topic sentences and make sure you learn the art of writing effective topic sentences.
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Essay Games # IELTS

Essay in IELTS form the section two of the writing section and is double worth of the writing section 1. This simply means getting a high band in IELTS often depends a lot in the essay. So, let us practice essay using essay games.
Essay forms the following parts –
1. Conclusion
2. Introduction
3. Body paragraph 1
4. Body paragraph 2
Now, have a look at the following essay – Living on own.
Once you have gone through the essay, answer the following questions –
Question 1- Given below are four sentences. Answer, where will you find the following sentences, conclusion/introduction/body paragraph.

  1. Overall, it can be said that living on own means surely inculcates strong ethics such as taking responsibility, it must be made sure that a child when living alone is still near parents.
  2. We all are individuals and need to take our responsibility after a certain age.
  3. Secondly, they are forced to face challenges that will help them to understand and grow in life better.

Question 2- Given below are some sentences that can either be used as topic sentence or to initiate conclusion. But they are jumbled up. Re write the following sentences.

  1. as/careful/more/be/they/tend/a/to/result
  2. those/more/world/who/child/outside/that/disagree/point/out/a/is/susceptible
  3. thirdly/importance/parents/a/of
  4. new/and/healthy/to/sister/for/through/how/moved/parents/she/house/a/child/instance/,/when/understood/go/much/of/their/alone/,/started/environment/in/my/out/her/living/city/provide

ANSWERS
Question 1 –
1. conclusion
2. introduction
3. body paragraph
Question 2-
1.As a result, they tend to be more careful.
2.Those who disagree point out that a child is more susceptible to the outside world.
3.Thirdly, a child realizes the importance of parents.
4. For instance, when my sister moved out of her house and started living in a new city all alone, she understood how much pain parents go through to provide a healthy environment to their child.
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