Saturday, November 10, 2007

Extra credit homework

The photo that shows below of the highlighted word is a modal verb.It comes from "George's Marvelous Medicine" by Roald Dahl, on page 47. George is asking for knowing grandma can see something. The speaker isn't making a request. He is just asking for grandma can see the thing.

1 comment:

Wootang01 said...

Mandy, this is a good try, but CAN you try to explain the modal verb without using it in your explanation? Indeed, to your credit, the speaker isn't making a request.