ID de réservation
18543963
Quand ?
10th November 2025
Horaire ?
11:00am - 11:30am
Notes
BUSINESS SITUATIONS:
1.Cultural know how
SUBJECT OR TOPIC:
LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:
UNITS:
Cultural know how - linguahouse 1G7M-11L3-208
Exercises 3 - 5
VOCABULARY:
PHRASES / EXPRESSIONS:
An hour (silent h)
A holiday (h sounded)
GRAMMAR:
Modal verbs
Situation Modal Verb Example
requests may May I sit down?
(formal)
requests
(informal) can Can I sit down?
requests
(polite) could Could I sit down?
requests
(polite) would Would you mind if I sit down?
permission
(formal) may You may sit down.
permission
(informal) can You can sit down.
obligation
(full) must You must tell the police the truth.
obligation
(partial) should You should tell your friends the truth.
obligation
(partial)
(less common) ought to You ought to tell your friends the truth.
logical conclusions
(stronger than "should") must He left an hour ago, so he must be there already.
logical conclusions
(weaker than "must") should He left half an hour ago, I believe he should
be there already.
possibility
(general) can It can rain sometimes.
possibility
(weaker than
"may" and "might") could It could rain, but it is not very common in this part of the country.
possibility
(weaker than "may") might It's not very cloudy yet, but it might rain.
possibility
(stronger than "might") may It starts getting cloudy – it may rain soon.
future
actions/states/intentions will Look at the sky! It will rain soon.
Modals - negative