Communication Styles
MODAL
CONDITONAL
PERMISSION/ PROHIBITION/ OBLIGATION
CONDITIONAL VERBS
1

between friends, classmates and coworkers

CASUAL

1

(Obligation) I _____ go home at 6PM or my mother will scold me.

have to

1
It will be a nice trip if you come.

FIRST

1

I must take my sister back home before leaving work today.

OBLIGATION

1

I always choose Colgate when it _______ (come) to toothpaste brand.

COMES

2

it uses strict grammar

formal


2

(PERMISSION) She _______ take her phone later.

MAY/ CAN

2

I would go to the hospital if I got sick.

SECOND

2

You can't go to work tomorrow. The building is under repair.

PROHIBITION

2

If I ________ (know) he was there, I would have attended the party too.

HAD KNOWN

3
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Frozen

3

(PROMISE) I _______ send you a gift on your birthday.

WILL

3

She takes first trip when she goes home.

ZERO

3

You can open your gift now. I bought it for you.

PERMISSION

3

If she _______ (send) a letter, she would personally sign it.

SENT
4

love, darling, babe

intimate


4

(PERMISSION/FORMAL) 

_______ I excuse for a few minutes, Mrs De Veyra?

MAY

4
If I had searched harder, I would have found it first.

THIRD

4

You must be early in submitting your output.

RESPONSIBILITY

4

If you get a passing score, you  ________ (pass) certainly.

WILL PASS
5

free participation between the listener and the speaker

intimate/ casual

5

(POSSIBILITY)

It ________ rain tonight.

MAY/MIGHT

5

If I were on that trip, I would enjoy it.

SECOND
5

You must not see her. She will just distract your attention.

PROHIBITION

5

I can go home if Eric ________ (arrive) earlier.

ARRIVE