Modal auxiliaries (can, may, must) worksheets

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Modals are helper verbs that set the strength of a sentence: must is a rule, should is advice, can is ability, may is permission, might is a maybe.

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    Fourth graders choose and write the modal a sentence's situation demands: rules take must, advice takes should, possibilities take might, permissions take may. The options appear as the cue; the reasoning is the work.

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