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  • Modal Verbs for Obligation: You Must Finish That Presentation By Tomorrow (Review)

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    • Unfinished
    • High Beginner
    • Modal verb
    • semi-modal verb
    • must
    • have to
    • sales
    • sales presentation

    Modal verb semi-modal verb must have to sales sales presentation

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    Review the conversation "You Must Finish That Presentation By Tomorrow". Do a speaking exercise, then do multiple choice questions to review modal verbs and semi-modal verbs.

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You Must Finish That Presentation By Tomorrow

(1) Maddie: Listen
Hey, Pete. Have you finished that sales [vocab word=presentation]presentation[/vocab]?
(2) Pete: Listen
Sorry. Not yet.

"Not yet" means "I have not done it, yet."

(3) Maddie: Listen
Well, you [vocab word=must]must[/vocab] finish it by tonight.

"must" is a modal verb. It means "need to".

(4) Pete: Listen
That's a bit hard. I have to take my youngest child to the [vocab word=dentist]dentist[/vocab]. Then, I have to [vocab word=attend]attend[/vocab] my older child's concert.

The man has 2 children. "My youngest kid" is the small child. "My older child" is the big child.

(5) Maddie: Listen
The sales presentation is tomorrow. So, you [vocab word=ought to]ought to[/vocab] finish it tonight.

"ought to" and "have to" are both semi-modal verbs. They mean "need to".

(6) Pete: Listen
Is the presentation still at 2 o'clock tomorrow?
(7) Maddie: Listen
Yes, it is. But, I need to review it before the presentation.
(8) Pete: Listen
So, I don't [vocab word=have to]have to[/vocab] finish it tonight. I will give it to you first thing tomorrow. Then, you can review it in the morning.

"First thing tomorrow" means tomorrow morning at a very early time (maybe 8 or 9 am).

(9) Maddie: Listen
That's fine. How much of the presentation have you finished?
(10) Pete: Listen
I've finished almost all of it. I have to finish [vocab word=edit]editing[/vocab] the [vocab word=product]product[/vocab] video. Then, I have to finish the last few [vocab word=slide]slides[/vocab] of the PowerPoint.

To edit a video means to make it better.

(11) Maddie: Listen
Alright. You have to review the presentation carefully, though. Make sure there are no [vocab word=mistake]mistakes[/vocab].

"Make sure there are no mistakes" means you have to check many times to be sure there are no mistakes.

(12) Pete: Listen
Don't worry. That's not a problem.
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You Must Finish That Presentation By Tomorrow

(1) Maddie: Listen
Hey, Pete. Have you finished that sales [vocab word=presentation]presentation[/vocab]?
(2) Pete: Listen
Sorry. Not yet.

"Not yet" means "I have not done it, yet."

(3) Maddie: Listen
Well, you [vocab word=must]must[/vocab] finish it by tonight.

"must" is a modal verb. It means "need to".

(4) Pete: Listen
That's a bit hard. I have to take my youngest child to the [vocab word=dentist]dentist[/vocab]. Then, I have to [vocab word=attend]attend[/vocab] my older child's concert.

The man has 2 children. "My youngest kid" is the small child. "My older child" is the big child.

(5) Maddie: Listen
The sales presentation is tomorrow. So, you [vocab word=ought to]ought to[/vocab] finish it tonight.

"ought to" and "have to" are both semi-modal verbs. They mean "need to".

(6) Pete: Listen
Is the presentation still at 2 o'clock tomorrow?
(7) Maddie: Listen
Yes, it is. But, I need to review it before the presentation.
(8) Pete: Listen
So, I don't [vocab word=have to]have to[/vocab] finish it tonight. I will give it to you first thing tomorrow. Then, you can review it in the morning.

"First thing tomorrow" means tomorrow morning at a very early time (maybe 8 or 9 am).

(9) Maddie: Listen
That's fine. How much of the presentation have you finished?
(10) Pete: Listen
I've finished almost all of it. I have to finish [vocab word=edit]editing[/vocab] the [vocab word=product]product[/vocab] video. Then, I have to finish the last few [vocab word=slide]slides[/vocab] of the PowerPoint.

To edit a video means to make it better.

(11) Maddie: Listen
Alright. You have to review the presentation carefully, though. Make sure there are no [vocab word=mistake]mistakes[/vocab].

"Make sure there are no mistakes" means you have to check many times to be sure there are no mistakes.

(12) Pete: Listen
Don't worry. That's not a problem.
  • RECORDING
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