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MODALS (CAN (The verb 'Can' belongs to the modal verbs and is…
MODALS
CAN
The verb 'Can' belongs to the modal verbs and is located before the main verb in infinitive. It means 'power'. It is used to express skill, permission.
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COULD
The verb 'Could' Express little probability or conditionality. It means: could, could, could, could according to the context: I could dance if I could practice.
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MAY
The verb 'may' is used to express a certain degree of probability of an action or degree of certainty: It may rain today. It means: could, perhaps, can that.
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NEED TO
Need is a semi-modal verb because in some ways it is like a modal verb and in other ways like a main verb.
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SHALL
Shall is a modal verb normally used to ask for opinion about something, it is used only with the personal pronouns "I" and "We".
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WOULD
Like all other manners, "would" work in an auxiliary position. It can only be combined with a verb in its base form, and never with another modal.
I would like some wine, please.
WILL
In English there are no verbs in the future, but by adding will, we convert in the future the verb that follows: I will come to see you tonight.
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SHOULD
Should be used to recommend doing something and to affirm if we think something is as it should be or not.
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OUGHT TO
The verb 'ought to' is equal to 'should' and expresses a weak obligation. It means I should, I should.
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MIGHT
We use might to express the probability that something will happen or that something is true or not.
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