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6. I am certain that he is over sixty-eight.

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What do the modals in the sentences below express? Choose from possibility, ability,
permission or suggestion.

1. Do you think this task can be finished by today? ___________________

2. They might try to enter through the back door. ___________________
3. If she wants, she could go home early today. ___________________

4. I could not open the suitcase. ___________________

5. You may go inside when you hear the bell. ___________________
6. I am putting the book in the bag now or else I might forget. ___________________

‘May’ and ‘can’, both are used to take permissions. Frame sentences using both these
modals and understand the difference. Which is used in a formal way and which is used in
an informal way?

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