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MODALS - Coggle Diagram
MODALS
Can
We use it: to talk about general ability in the present and the future, for requests, for permission.
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Must
We use it: to say that something is necessary, to talk about abligations, to show that we are sure that something is true, to recommend something.
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Have to
We use it: to say something is necessary, to talk about obligation.
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Could
We use it: to talk about general ability in the past, to talk about possibility, for polite requests, to make suggestions.
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May
We use it: to talk about possibility in the future, for polite requests, for polite permission.
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Might
We use it: to talk about possibility in the future, as the past tense of may.
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Should
We use it: to give advice, to ask for advice.
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Would
We use it: for actions that we did regularly in the past, but that we don't do now, polite requests.
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Be able to
We use it: to talk about ability, to talk about a specific ability in the past.
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