Modals: ability, requests and offers
__________ you shut the door please?
Could you shut the door, please?
I am _________ a new job next week.
I am starting a new job next week.
(refer to future arrangements)
We ________ should go back to the office. Our break is over.
We should go back to the office. Our break is over.
(obligation)
negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction
to bargain
a person with whom one works in a profession or business, a co-worker
colleague
You ______ have a good career if you do well in school.
You can have a good career if you do well in school.
(say something is possible or impossible)
The boss is _________ on the phone right now.
The boss is talking on the phone right now.
(describe an action in progress at the moment)
We don't ______ ____ work overtime this week.
We don't have to work overtime this week.
(we use don't have to when something isn't necessary)
to earn an income sufficient to live on
to make a living
a formal promise or assurance (typically in writing) that certain conditions will be fulfilled
guarantee
_________ you like to ask any more questions about the new marketing project?
Would you like to ask any more questions about the new marketing project?
__________ ____________today. It is my day off.
I'm not working today. It is my day off.
(describe temporary situations)
____________ we continue bringing the materials from the warehouse, or do we have enough?
Should we continue bringing materials from the warehouse, or do we have enough? (to discuss the right course of action)
to move forward in one's work or activity
to make progress
The main administrative centre for a company or organization
head office
Mr. Lopez _________ be reached at the moment. ____________ you like to leave a message?
Mr. Lopez can't be reached at the moment. Would you like to leave a message?
We ______ _______________ a new website.
We are building a new website.
(describe changing situations)
When I lived in Tokyo, I ______ to learn Japanese.
When I lived in Tokyo, I had to learn Japanese.
(necessary/compulsory)
stop working temporarily
to take time off
the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period (UK)
the rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced (USA)
turnover
I ________ buy a new laptop if I had the money.
I would buy a new laptop if I had the money.
(describe an imaginary or improbably situation)
I _______________ Monday to Friday, 9-5.
I work Monday to Friday, 9-5.
We __________________ continue working today because the project is already finished.
We don't have to continue working today because the project is already finished.
become successful in one's life or career
to get ahead
time when you do not have to work, study, etc. and can do what you want
free time