Modal verbs functions

What does this sentence describe? - At football matches the police must spot troublemakers immediately.

• permission

• obligation

• advice

• ability or possibility

What does this sentence describe? - Gary Collins was able to identify 190 troublemakers.

• deduction or speculation

• no obligation

• ability or possibility

• no ability or possibility

What does this sentence describe? - If you're looking for a job where you are allowed to watch TV all day...

• permission

• obligation

• no obligation

• deduction or speculation

What does this sentence describe? - ...you should find out whether you're a super-recognizer.

• permission

• advice

• prohibition

• ability or possibility

What does this sentence describe? - ...others weren't allowed to go back on the streets.

• Advice

• No obligation

• Obligation

• Permission

What does this sentence describe? - "Face blindness" ... where people can't recognize faces at all.

• Deduction

• Ability or possibility

• No ability or possibility

• Prohibition

What does this sentence describe? - The police didn't need to worry when there was trouble on the streets.

• No ability or possibility

• Deduction or speculation

• Prohibition

• No obligation

What does this sentence describe? - With a memory this good, super-recognizers must be good at remembering lots of things.

• Deduction or speculation

• Obligation

• Ability or possibility

• Advice