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Who should do what? Meanings of 'sollen', 'müssen', 'dürfen'

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I can use 'sollen' to say who should do what and to express probability, and apply my knowledge of language to link unfamiliar vocabulary to word families.

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Pronounce both letters in the sound-symbol correspondence [pf] in German. The English spelling 'p' often corresponds to [pf] in German. Use your existing knowledge of language to understand meanings of unfamiliar words and to identify word families. Use the modal verb 'sollen' to mean ‘should', 'be supposed to’ in expectations or obligations, and for probability. Use the modal verb 'müssen' to mean ‘must’ and the modal verb 'dürfen' to mean ‘may', 'allowed’.

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