The document explains modal verbs, which are auxiliary verbs used to express necessity, possibility, permission, and formality, and are always paired with another verb. It provides examples for various modal verbs including must, might, may, will, would, can, could, shall, and should, along with their specific usages. Each modal verb is illustrated through sentences demonstrating its application in context.

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Modal Verbs
Meaning and Use
• An auxiliary verb that
expresses necessity, formality
or possibility.
• Always used with another verb
• To express formality,
possibility, necessity,
permission, etc.
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9 Examples of Modal Verbs
3M, 2W, 2C, 2S
• Must- Mustn’t: Use- Probability/ Logical
assumption, Necessity, Prohibition.
• She must be stuck in traffic.
• Might- no contraction: Use- Probability
• You might be catching flu.
• May- no contraction: Use- Probability,
Permission.
• I may or may not be able to play valleyball this
summer.
• May I please go to the bathroom?
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• Will- Won’t: Use- Future time, Polite question.
• It will rain tomorrow.
• Will you please lower your tone?
• Would- Wouldn’t: Use- Polite question, Invitation,
Preferences, Desires.
• Would you please come to my party?
• Would you rather have apples or peaches?
• Can- Can’t: Use- Ability/ Impossibility, Suggestion,
Request.
• I can speak English.
• You can call him in the morning.
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• Could- Couldn’t: Use- Past ability, Polite question.
• I could do Geometry two years ago.
• Could you please turn off the lights?
• Shall- Shan’t: Use- Moral duty, Confirmation.
• You shall not arrive home past your curfew.
• I shall leave tomorrow at 7am.
• Should- Shouldn’t: Use- Uncertain prediction, Moral
duty.
• There should be a storm this afternoon.
• You should write your homework before watching T.V.
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