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Modal verbs are used to express ability, possibility, to ask for permission, to
show necessity etc. Modal verbs are also called helping verbs .
Some modal verbs are:
can could may might needn’t
will would should must shouldn’t
Uses of Modals
Can is used to express the ability to do something in the present.
Read the following examples:
1. I can speak English.
2. The ostrich can run very fast.
Could is used to express the ability, to make suggestion and request in the past.
Read the following examples:
1. When I was younger I could run fast.
2. Could you please buy a ticket for me?
May is used to ask or give permission to do something in the present.
Read the following examples:
1. May I go to the cinema?
2. It may rain tomorrow.
Might is used to tell the possibility. (less possible than may)
Read the following examples:
1. It might rain in ten minutes.
2. I might go on holiday to Australia next year.
Will / Would are used to ask to do something or make a suggestion / offer.
Read the following examples:
1. Will you please shut the door?
2. Would you like to take coffee?
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