Modals for rules and advice
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Vocabulary
Present Perfecrt + Superlative
Use of English
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This modal verb is used for strong obligations, as in "You ___ wear a seatbelt while driving."

What is must?

100

What are articles? What is a definite article? When do we use "an"?

answer

100

This round object is essential in games like soccer, basketball, and tennis.

What is a ball?

100

There is only one case when we can use PP+Superlative. Which one is it?

Experience

100

invention – achieved – successfully – decision – avoid

  1. She has _______ many of her career goals through hard work.
  2. The telephone was an important _______ that changed communication forever.
  3. He made the _______ to study abroad next year.
  4. To stay healthy, you should _______ eating too much junk food.
  5. She _______ completed the marathon despite the difficult conditions.
  • She has achieved many of her career goals through hard work.
  • The telephone was an important invention that changed communication forever.
  • He made the decision to study abroad next year.
  • To stay healthy, you should avoid eating too much junk food.
  • She successfully completed the marathon despite the difficult conditions.
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If something is not necessary but still allowed, you can use this modal, as in "You ___ bring your own lunch if you want."

What is can or may?

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  • I saw ___ cat in the garden.
  • She ate ___ apple for breakfast.
  • We live near ___ ocean.
  • I saw a cat in the garden.
  • She ate an apple for breakfast.
  • We live near the ocean.
200

In tennis, you use this tool with strings to hit the ball over the net.

In baseball, the batter holds this wooden or metal object to hit the ball.  

What is a racket?

What is a bat?  

200

"This is ___ (good) movie I have ever seen!" Fill in the blank with the correct superlative form.

What is "the best"?

200

Word Bank:

bad loser – carry on – giving up – strict – working hard

  1. At the moment, I’m ________ to try and build up my new business.
  2. I think I’d like to ________ with my studies.
  3. I try to be very ________ about not working too much.
  4. I get very angry when I don’t win. I’m a ________.
  5. I’m thinking about ________ my job. I don’t enjoy it.
  • At the moment, I’m working hard to try and build up my new business.
  • I think I’d like to carry on with my studies.
  • I try to be very strict about not working too much.
  • I get very angry when I don’t win. I’m a bad loser.
  • I’m thinking about giving up my job. I don’t enjoy it.
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To give polite advice or make a suggestion, you often use this modal, as in "You ___ see a doctor if you feel unwell."

What is should?

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  • There is ___ elephant at the zoo.
  • He bought ___ orange and ___ banana from the store.
  • We stayed at ___ hotel by the beach.
  • There is an elephant at the zoo.
  • He bought an orange and a banana from the store.
  • We stayed at a hotel by the beach.
300

When a video, meme, or post spreads rapidly across the internet, it is said to do this. 

Before using Instagram, TikTok, or WhatsApp, you first need to do this on your phone.

What is go viral? 

What is download an app?

300

"She has just climbed ___ (high) mountain in the world!" Complete the sentence with the correct form.

What is "the highest"?

300

A ___ police officer stops ___ man driving ___ car. He notices two penguins sitting on ___ back seat of ___ car. He asks ___ driver, “Hey, why have you got two penguins on ___ back seat of your car?”

 ___ man says, “I found them. I like ___ animals, so I put them in my car. What should I do with them?”

The police officer says, “Well, why don’t you take them to ___ zoo?”

“Great idea!” says the man, and he drives away.

___ next day, ___ man drives past ___ same place. ___ same police officer stops him again. He sees that ___ penguins are still there.

“Hey,” he says to ___ driver. “You’ve still got ___ penguins. I told you to take them to ___ zoo.”

“Yes, I took them to ___ zoo yesterday and we had ___ great time,” says ___ driver. “Today I’m taking them to ___ beach.”

police officer stops a man driving a car. He notices two penguins sitting on the back seat of the car. He asks the driver, “Hey, why have you got two penguins on the back seat of your car?”

The man says, “I found them. I like – animals, so I put them in my car. What should I do with them?”

The police officer says, “Well, why don’t you take them to the zoo?”

“Great idea!” says the man, and he drives away.

The next day, the man drives past the same place. The same police officer stops him again. He sees that the penguins are still there.

“Hey,” he says to the driver. “You’ve still got the penguins. I told you to take them to the zoo.”

“Yes, I took them to the zoo yesterday and we had a great time,” says the driver. “Today I’m taking them to the beach.”

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This modal verb expresses prohibition, as in "You ___ smoke in the library."

What is must not (mustn't)?

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  • ___ Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in the world.
  • She read ___ interesting book about history.
  • My friend is ___ university professor in London.
  • They found ___ unique solution to the problem.
  • The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in the world.
  • She read an interesting book about history.
  • My friend is a university professor in London.
  • They found a unique solution to the problem.
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When a company or person makes their site available to the public for the first time, they do this. 

Before using Instagram, TikTok, or WhatsApp, you first need to do this on your phone.

What is launch a website? 

What is download an app?

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"That was ___ (difficult) test I have ever taken!" Identify the correct superlative form.  

What is "the most difficult"?

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  1. I worked on the website and created some new ___.
  2. I can't access the website. I think I need to download ___.
  3. I can't remember my password. I've created so many new ___.
  4. I told you I would be late. Didn't you receive all ___?
  5. Do you mind if we take ___?

Answer choices:
a) webpages
b) a photo for social media
c) an app first
d) accounts recently
e) my texts

  • I worked on the website and created some new webpages.
  • I can't access the website. I think I need to download an app first.
  • I can’t remember my password. I’ve created so many new accounts recently.
  • I told you I would be late. Didn’t you receive all my texts?
  • Do you mind if we take a photo for social media?
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This modal verb is used to express lack of obligation, as in "You ___ pay for parking on Sundays."

What is don’t have to?

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Technology plays (–) vital role in modern life, shaping how people work, communicate, and access information. In (–) digital age, knowledge is available at (–) rapid pace, making learning easier than ever before.

One of the biggest innovations is (–) internet, which connects people globally and improves business operations. With (–) rise of artificial intelligence, devices are becoming smarter, helping with tasks like organizing schedules and even driving cars.

Technology plays a vital role in modern life, shaping how people work, communicate, and access information. In the digital age, knowledge is available at a rapid pace, making learning easier than ever before.

One of the biggest innovations is the internet, which connects people globally and improves business operations. With the rise of artificial intelligence, devices are becoming smarter, helping with tasks like organizing schedules and even driving cars.

500

You do this when you send a YouTube clip or Instagram reel to a friend so they can watch it too.

When someone sends you an SMS or WhatsApp message, you do this action on your phone.  

What is share videos?

What is receive texts?  

500

This phrase is often used with the Present Perfect to emphasize that something has happened at any time up to now.

What is "ever"?

500

___ Cambridge University has produced ninety-six Nobel Prize winners over ___ years. We take a look at two of them.

Ernest Rutherford was born in New Zealand in 1871 and is one of the best-known scientists who ___ at Cambridge. He’s known as the ‘father of nuclear physics’ for his ___ around radioactivity. Under his ___, the neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932.

Dorothy Hodgkin won a Nobel Prize in chemistry. She was very ___ about her studies and during her career, she had a lot of ___; she ___ advanced techniques of X-ray crystallography, and she worked on the structure of penicillin and Vitamin B.

  • A) A
    B) The
    C) –

  • A) a
    B) the
    C) –

  • A) ever studies
    B) has ever studied
    C) was ever studying

  • A) introductions
    B) failures
    C) discoveries

  • A) leadership
    B) leader
    C) leading

  • A) working hard
    B) doing well
    C) strict

  • A) creation
    B) success
    C) talent

  • A) succeeded
    B) invented
    C) gave up

1 - B The
2 - B the
3 - B has ever studied
4 - C discoveries
5 - A leadership
6 - C strict
7 - B success
8 - B invented