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Modals (Polite Requests (With I (MAY I and COULD I are the best options to…
Modals
Polite Requests
With I
MAY I and COULD I are the best options to request something anyways we can use CAN I
With YOU
WOULD YOU and COULD YOU are basically the same and we can use WILL YOU to be polite
With WOULD YOU MIND
There are 2 different ways we can use it (with an IF after the phrase or a verb in its ING form
Basic modals
Modal auxiliaries generally express speakers attitudes
Can, could, had better, may, might, must, ought to, shall, shoud, will, would
PHRASAL MODALS
Be able to, be going to, be supposed to, have to
Progressive form of modals
Present:
MODAL+BE+-ING
From past time
MODAL+HAVE BEEN+-ING
Expressing necessity
HAVE TO is the main example o expressing necessity
OUGHT TO SHOULD and WILL express the idea that someone need to do something
