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AULA 6

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Xavier is an intelligent guy and he plans to go to medical school. He thinks he may get a better job when he graduates. At the moment, Xavier is working at a supermarket and he can't pay for his studies or buy books, so he should try to get into a public college. Xavier is the oldest child and he feels he must do something to help his younger brothers and sisters as he already noticed they will need his support. Xavier is brave, determined and doesn't complain about life because he knows that things could be worse than they are now.

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Modal verbs

These verbs complement the meaning of other verbs. They follow their own grammatical rules, such as the third person conjugation. The most common modal verbs are:

❖ Can: Indicates capability or permission. The negative form can be “cannot” or “can’t”.

o I can run very fast.

o Can you go that far?

o “How can you see into my eyes like open doors?” (Bring Me To Life/Evanescence)

❖ Could: can be used with 3 different meanings. As the past form of “can”, to indicate possible actions in the present or in the future and to indicate hypothetical situations. The negative form is “could not” or “couldn’t”.

o “You couldn’t be that man I adored” (Torn/Natalie Imbruglia)

o “I could show you what you want to see and take you where you want to be” (Safe and Sound/Capital Cities)

o Could you help me with my homework?

o She could eat thousands of these Kit Kats.

❖ May: Indicates possibility or request.

o I may go to the party with you.

o May I go to the party with you guys?

❖ Might: Indicates possibility too, but “may” indicates a more likely possibility than “might”. The negative form is “might not”.

o I might go to the party with you, but I’m not sure if I can yet.

❖ Must: Indicates opinion or a similar meaning to “have to”. The negative form is “must not”.

o “There must be poison in those fingertips of yours” (Troublemaker/Olly Murs)

o You must go there now.

❖ Should: Indicates advice and opinion. It has similar meaning to “must” but it’s less intense. The negative form is “should not” or “shouldn’t”.

o Should I stay or should I go?

o You should work less.

❖ Shall: Indicates advice, formal invitations and strong certainty or order. The negative form is “shall not”.

o Shall we go home now?

o You shall not go there, it’s forbidden.

o “Seek it out and you shall find” (Counting Stars/Old Republic)

❖ Will: Indicates future situations that we are sure or almost sure are going to happen. The contracted form is ‘ll and the negative form is “will not” or “won’t”.

o “She will go anywhere I go” (Rude/Magic!)

o “I won’t go home without you” (I won’t go home without you/Maroon 5)

o Will you take me to school tomorrow?

❖ Would: Indicates imaginable situations in the past, in the present or in the future. Also used when there are conditions and as questions, similar to “can” and “could”. The contracted form is ‘d and the negative form is “would not” or “wouldn’t”.

o “Leaving now would be a good idea” (New Perspective/Panic! at the Disco)

o I would travel the world if I had money.

o “Would you please have mercy on me?” (Mercy/Shawn Mendes)

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Wherever You Will Go (The Calling)

So lately, been wondering

Who will be there to take my place

When I'm gone you'll need love to light the shadows on your face

If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all

Then between the sand and stone, could you make it on your own

If I could, then I would

I'll go wherever you will go

Way up high or down low, I'll go wherever you will go

Love Me Again (John Newman)

It's unforgivable,

I stole and burnt your soul

Is that what demons do?

They rule the worst of me

Destroy everything,

They bring down angels like you

Now I'm rising from the ground

Rising up to you

Filled with all the strength I found

There's nothing I can't do!

I need to know now

Know now, can you love me again?

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