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Modals of Obligation and Permission

This chapter discusses grammar concepts related to permission and obligation. It explains the differences between "make", "let", and "be allowed to" when talking about what someone forces another to do versus what they are permitted to do. Modal verbs like "have to", "can", and "mustn't" are also explained as ways to indicate obligation, permission, and prohibition. Key vocabulary includes television, extreme adjectives, and making new friends.

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Modals of Obligation and Permission

This chapter discusses grammar concepts related to permission and obligation. It explains the differences between "make", "let", and "be allowed to" when talking about what someone forces another to do versus what they are permitted to do. Modal verbs like "have to", "can", and "mustn't" are also explained as ways to indicate obligation, permission, and prohibition. Key vocabulary includes television, extreme adjectives, and making new friends.

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Chapter 5

1. Grammar: make / let / be allowed to.


2. Modal verbs of obligation, prohibition
and permission.
3. Vocabulary : Television, extreme
adjectives and modifiers, making new
friends.
Make / let / be allowed to
 We use make (someone do) to talk about an
obligation.
Examples:
1. Our teacher makes us do a lot of homework. (=
we cannot choose, it’s an obligation that our
teacher give us.)
2. My older brother made me lend him some
money. (= I could not choose, my brother forced
me.)
Make / let / be allowed to
 We use let (someone do) to talk about
permission.
Examples:
1. Our teacher lets us leave early on Fridays. (=
The teacher gives us permission to leave early.)
2. My father let me use the car yesterday.
(= My father gave me permission to use the
car.)
Make / let / be allowed to
 We use be allowed to (do something) to say
that someone has (or has not) got permission.
Examples:
1. At our school, we’re allowed to wear jeans if
we want to.
2. When we were young, we weren’t allowed
to play outside in the street.
Examples of Make / let / be allowed to
Modals of obligation, prohibition and
permission
 Have to / don’t have to is used to talk about
obligation / no obligation.
Examples:
1. We don’t have to wear school uniform.
(= wearing school uniform is not an
obligation for us.)
2. We didn’t have to pay the meal. (= it was not
necessary to pay.)
Modals of obligation, prohibition and
permission
 can / can’t is used to talk about permission.
Examples:
1. You can watch TV if you want to. (= I give you
permission to watch TV.)
2. We can’t go in because we’re not 18. (= we
don’t have permission to go in.)
Modals of obligation, prohibition and
permission
 We use mustn’t to prohibit someone from
doing something, or to say that something is
very important.
Examples:
1. We mustn’t be late! (= it is very important for
us not to be late.)
2. You mustn’t talk to me like that! (= I am
telling you that I don’t allow this.)
Examples of modal verbs

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