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On the Route with the Mail Carrier: Can, Might and Must

Grade 4 grammar practice with modal auxiliaries such as can, may, might, must and should, set on a mail carrier's route.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.1.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use the modal auxiliaries can, may, might, must and should to show different conditions.
  • Students tell whether a helping verb shows a rule, a possibility, permission, ability or advice.

How to use

Read the short introduction together and talk about what each helping verb means, then let students finish the sheet on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.1.c

Use modal auxiliaries, such as can, may, and must, to show different conditions.

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On the Route with the Mail Carrier: Can, Might and Must

Use helping verbs to show rules, chances, permission and ability.

What does the helping verb show?

Read about Teo's day on the mail route. Then answer the questions.

Teo is spending Career Day with Ms. Okafor, a mail carrier. Helping verbs such as can, may, might, must and should tell whether something is a rule, a chance, an OK, a skill or a good idea.
1.
Match each sentence to what its helping verb shows.
  1. Ms. Okafor can carry a heavy bag of letters up the hill.
  2. Every letter must have a stamp before it is mailed.
  3. The clouds are dark, so it might rain this afternoon.
  4. "You may ride in the mail truck with me," Ms. Okafor told Teo.
  5. You should wear comfortable shoes on a long route.
  1. A. permission (it is OK to do it)
  2. B. advice (it is a good idea)
  3. C. ability (someone is able to do it)
  4. D. possibility (it could happen)
  5. E. a rule (it has to happen)
2.
Ms. Okafor tells Teo a rule. Which word completes her sentence?
"Mail carriers ____ keep every letter safe and dry."
  • A. might
  • B. can
  • C. must
  • D. may

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