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Q What do the signs tell you? Use You can't... here with words and expressions from the box.

cycle park/ smoke take photos use mobile phones

you. cfltA/t parte, here.

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We use Con //w e...?to offer help.
Con / help you? Can we book the tickets for you? Can I carry those for you?

^ Use Can / ...? to offer help in these situations.
► Your friend has just come home from hospital. Offer to do some shopping for her.

C-fliA/1 do som.e shoppliA .0 fo r Ljou?

1 You're going to make a cup of tea for yourself. Offer to make one for your sister.

2 You work in a shop. A customer walks in. Offer to help her.

3 Offer to drive your brother to the station.

4 Your friend has got a headache. Offer to get some aspirins for her.

In formal situations, and when we need to be very polite, we often use May I...? to ask if something is OK,
or You may (not) to say that something is/isn't OK.
May I have your name, please, sir? May I use the toilet please, Mrs Roberts?
You may open your books now. You may ask questions after the Prince has finished speaking.
This is a tourist visa: you may not take a paid job. You may not leave until the bell rings.

^ A teacher is telling her class what to do. Complete the text with may and verbs from the box.

do leave not leave take ta lk / not talk use use

Please work in groups. You ► in your group, but please talk quietly.

You i .........................................to another group, and you 2......................................... the room.
You 3.........................................your dictionaries. If you want to use other books, you
4.........................................them from the shelf; but only one person s..........................................the
group at a time. Each group 6.........................................the computer for twenty minutes; I will tell
you when it is yourturn. If you finish before the time is up, you 7.........................................other
work, but please work quietly.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full MODAL VERBS 85
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.