Fill in the blanks with suitable modals: I ____________ play cricket when I was in school. (could/can) It is raining. ________ I take your umbrella? (can/will) Shyam hasn’t come yet. He __________ be late today. (will/would) You ___________ not move out before you finish your work. (dare/need) __________ I have your pen, please? (could/should) We […]
Modals (Grade 8)
Fill in the blanks with suitable modals: Teacher: Imagine you were gone to Goa with your friends on a school trip. What could you have done? Student: I _____a__________ (can/could) have visited all the churches of Old Goa with my friends. We ______b_______ (would/should) have been to the beaches and had fun. I think, we […]
Tenses-4 (Beginners)
Change the tenses in the following statements as directed: Migratory birds come to our country from different parts of the world. (Simple past) These birds come to India in search of the feeding grounds. (Present continuous) Once the birds start their journey, nothing can stop them. (Simple past) He started his acting career with a […]
Making Request
Can you buy me a cup of coffee? Will you buy me a cup of coffee? Which of the two is the correct way of making a request? Well, there are many ways of making requests. Can you and Will you are less polite ways of asking someone to do something and are used in […]
Can and May
” Can I come in, ma’am?” Remember?? You must have heard it or said before. Students say it very often but it’s not the correct statement to be used in a classroom setting where a teacher-student relationship is quite formal. ” May I come in, ma’am?” is what should be used if you are seeking […]