The document discusses various modal verbs and their uses to express concepts like certainty, possibility, obligation, permission, ability and advice. It provides examples of how modal verbs like must, can't, may, might, could, should, ought to, be able to, can, may, be allowed to, be supposed to, had better, let and make are used in affirmative and negative sentences in both the present and past tenses. It also distinguishes between uses that indicate personal obligation versus legal obligation, general ability versus particular ability, and informal versus formal requests for permission.
English: modal auxiliary verbs (theory and examples)home
A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary) is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality – that is, likelihood, ability, permission, and obligation.[1] Examples include the English verbs can/could, may/might, must, will/would, and shall/should.
In English and other Germanic languages, modal verbs are often distinguished as a class based on certain grammatical properties.
For more detail about modals in English, see English modal verbs.
Can
Could
May
Might
Will
Would
Shall (maily in British English)
Should
Must
Ought
when to use modal verbs
for what are they used for
English: modal auxiliary verbs (theory and examples)home
A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary) is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality – that is, likelihood, ability, permission, and obligation.[1] Examples include the English verbs can/could, may/might, must, will/would, and shall/should.
In English and other Germanic languages, modal verbs are often distinguished as a class based on certain grammatical properties.
For more detail about modals in English, see English modal verbs.
Can
Could
May
Might
Will
Would
Shall (maily in British English)
Should
Must
Ought
when to use modal verbs
for what are they used for
A brief introduction for Spanish ESL students to modals of ability, advice, necessity and obligation, possibility and certainty and modals plus perfect infinitives.
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