Mardi 30 mars 2010 2 30 /03 /Mars /2010 13:44

Modal Verbs'


St. Mark's & St. Gabriel's                                                                                               3rd Preparatory

' Modal Verbs'

 

 

The modal verbs are : can, could, must, will, would, shall, should, may, might, etc. They have the same form in all persons. They come before the subject in questions and take not after them in the negations. They take an infinitive without to after them.

 

To express ability we use:

To express possibility / probability we use :

Can (ability in the present or future)

e.g. Can you swim? – No, I can't.

May ( = perhaps, very probable)

e.g. He may be back before lunch.

       (it's probable)    

Could (ability in the past for repeated actions)

e.g. He could play tennis for hours when he was

       your age.

Might (=perhaps, very possible)

e.g. There might be some cheese in the fridge.

        (it's possible)

     

Couldn't (for repeated or single actions)

e.g. She couldn't find her purse (single action)

e.g. He couldn't drive when he was young

          (repeated action)

 

Could (=possible)

e.g. He could still be at work.

       (it's possible)

N.B. Can is the Present simple form and Could  

          is the Past Simple.

Must (it is almost certain; I think)

e.g. They look identical. They must be twins.

 

 

Degrees of certainty : 'Present Time'

He is sick    →    100 % sure

He must be sick    →    95 % sure

He may be sick

He might be sick            less than 50 %

He could be sick

 

Can't (it doesn't seem possible; I don't think )

e.g. You have been sleeping for 12 hours.

       You can't be tired .

(I don't think it's possible that you are tired)

N.B. Although might is the past form of may, yet

         it can be used for present situations too.

     

 

 

To express obligation or necessity we use:

To express advice we use:

Must (strong obligation or necessity)

e.g. We must behave ourselves in class.

        (obligation)

        You must take the cat to the vet.

         (it's necessary)

Should / ought to

e.g.  You should give up smoking!

        You ought to do some exercise.

        ( general advice)  

 

 

To express absence of necessity or prohibition

we use:

Mustn't (prohibition)

e.g. You mustn't pick up those flowers

Can't  (prohibition)

e.g. You can't enter the club without a card.

         (you are not allowed)

 

 

Degrees of certainty: 'Past Time'

 

She was sick  → 100 %

She must have been sick → 95 %

 

She may have been sick

She might have been sick        less than 50 %

She could have been sick

P.S.   'Would' is used for repeated actions in the past.

           e.g. When I was a child, my father would read me a story at night .

                  Whenever a stranger came to our house, I would hide in the closet . 
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Mardi 30 mars 2010 2 30 /03 /Mars /2010 13:43

Vocabulary Unit (15) ‘ You’re Amazing ‘


St. Mark’s & St. Gabriel’s                                                                                                          3rd Preparatory

Vocabulary Unit (15)

‘ You’re Amazing ‘

 

Name: ----------------------------------------------------------------       Class: ---------------    No. --------------

vein – tendon – joint – muscle – deaf – disabled – guilty – complex – amazing – imprisoned – sentenced- released – give up – make up – vivid – bone – camel – shove – quarrel – hibernate – illegal – sabotage – majority – skin – crawl - insist – lip-read -

 

I-Complete the sentences suitably:

1.He fell off the ladder and broke a --------------------------------

2.A-------------------------is known as the ship of the desert because it can live a long time without food

    or water.

3.Lifting weighs helps in building your ------------------------------

4.The Finnish have a sensitive ------------------------------------to direct sunlight.

5.Babies start ----------------------------on their hands and knees before walking.

6.Turtles --------------------------------during winter. They spend the whole winter in deep sleep.

7.Lea was ----------------------------with her husband last night. They always argue and fight over trivial matters.

8.The policeman ----------------------the thief in the back of the police car. He pushed him suddenly and roughly.

9.Artists should have a -------------------imagination. They have the ability to create bright, new and unusual

    mental pictures.

10.She always --------------------  ---------stories. Most of what she says is probably invented.

11.Deaf people communicate with each other through -------------- - ------------

12.She -------------------  ---------ballet at an early age to get married.

13.The hostages were --------------------------------this morning . They were set free at last.

14.The criminal was ----------------------------------------------to 7 years in prison.

15.It’s --------------------------------to own a weapon without a special license. It’s against the law.

16.The train that carried the military officers was ------------------------------. It was damaged on purpose.

17.He was ---------------------------------for robbery . He was put in prison till the trial.

18.He was found -----------------------------of theft although he kept on saying that he was innocent.

19.The president won the election by huge -----------------------------. He was chosen by most of the people.

20.My father has always ----------------------on doing the right thing  .He’s always been firm about it.

II-Give one word that means:

1.one of the tubes which carry blood from all parts of your body to your heart (=artery) -----------------------

2.a part of the body where two or more bones are connected together                               -----------------------

3.a strong, thin par inside your body that joins a muscle to a bone                                     -----------------------

4.very surprising and difficult to believe (=incredible)                                                        ----------------------

5.complicated and difficult to understand                                                                             ----------------------

6.unable to hear very well                                                                                                     ----------------------

7.unable to use a part of your body properly                                                                        ----------------------

III-Give a phrasal verb that means the following:

1.to stop doing something                                                 --------------------------------

2.to invent something that is not often true                       --------------------------------

IV-Give the opposite:

1.legal # -------------------------------                                  2.guilty # -----------------------

3.majority # --------------------------

  
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Mardi 30 mars 2010 2 30 /03 /Mars /2010 13:42

'It's a Mystery'


St. Mark's & St. Gabriel's                                                                                                      3rd Preparatory 

                                                                                     Unit (13)

                                                                               'It's a Mystery'

 

Name: ------------------------------------------------------         Class: --------------------        No. -------

 

 

cabin – captain – deck – log – sail [v/n] – abandon – uneven – passengers – crew –

lifeboat – cargo –mystery – desert [v] – on board/aboard – mast – galley – first mate –

signal – bloodstain – ridiculous – storm – pirate – ashore/on shore - coast

 

1.The ------------------------------------------of the ship is the man in charge.

2.There were 200 passengers  on -------------------------------the plane when it took off to Malaysia.

3.If you're sailing on a ship, you can go up on-----------------------------and watch the gorgeous sunset.

4.The captain of any ship should be the last one to -----------------------------------it in case of emergency.

5.Some ships were attacked by Somali an ---------------------------------------in the Red Sea.

6.On a ship, first class passengers stay at big comfortable -----------------------------

7.My brother joined the ------------------------------of a military ship. He has become one of its members.

8.We had to walk for an hour over the -----------------------------------ground that was not smooth.

9.The disappearance of the paintings from the art gallery is still a --------------------------. We haven't found

    an explanation to what happened yet.

10.The captain always keeps a ------------------------------in which he records all the events that took place

     on the journey.

11.The sails are hung on the ------------------------

12.The streets were -------------------------------------and completely empty during the snow storm.

13.She looked ----------------------------------------and very silly in the dress she was wearing.

14.A --------------------------------------is a kitchen on a ship.

15.The referee gave his ------------------------------------------to begin the match.

16.Spring is known for sand --------------------------------------------and unstable weather.

17. When the Titanic sank, there weren't enough -----------------------------------to save all the passengers.

18.A ship carrying a -------------------------------------of oil hit the coast and caused a disaster.

19.He -----------------------------------------all across Europe in his yacht.

20.Dead fish are carried ------------------------------------by the sea. They're washed towards the shore.

21.We're going to put the ---------------------------down so that the wind doesn't move the boat and spend

     the rest of the day fishing.

22.Egypt is known for its long uneven -----------------------------------that overlooks the Mediterranean.

23.The robber left some ----------------------------------all over the place. It seems that he had cut his hand

     while breaking into the glass door.

24.The -------------------------------------is the officer ranking right below the captain of a ship.  

 

                            
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