Modals are the auxiliaries that are used to convey special idea.
Modal Verbs |
Function/Idea conveyed |
Can | Ability, Permission(informal) |
Could | Past of ‘Can’ |
May | Possibility, Permission(Formal) |
Might | Past of ‘May’ |
Will &Shall | To express future time, to express determination, promise and threatening, to make requests |
Should, Ought to | Moral obligation, to express advice |
Must, have to | Social obligation( compulsion),duty, necessity |
Used to | Past habit |
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