In Turkish when you want to tell someone that they ‘have to’ or ‘must’ do something, you use ‘meli’ and ‘malı’.  However, in English we have quite a few modals of obligation or phrases to express the same thing in Turkish.  Some are stronger than others.  Today, I am going to set you a challenge.  I want you to look at the modals verbs and obligation phrases and order them from the weakest to the strongest.  Here are the modal verbs and phrases:

* You can come to the office tomorrow.

* You must come to the office tomorrow.

* You should come to the office tomorrow.

* You have to come to the office tomorrow.

* You ought to come to the office tomorrow.  

Good luck and I will be back tomorrow with the answers.

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