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MODALS - Coggle Diagram
MODALS
2. can & cannot
To indicate Prohibition
You cannot smoke now
To express Abillity
I can drive a car
To Denote Permission
She can sing a song
To Express Requests or Appeals
Can I ask a question?
To Express Offer for Help
Can I give you a lift?
To Express Possibility
Can this be true?
3. could & could not
To express Possibility
She could bring Tom with her.
Used as the Past Tense of 'can'
He could speak English well
To express Polite Requests
Perhaps you could meet me
4. May
To Indicate Wish or Prayer
May you live long!
For making suggesstions
You may go to Kolkata by bus
For asking or giving Permission
You may sit down
To Express Possibility
It may rain today
5.Might
For expressing possibility
She might know my address
For making requests or for seeking permission
Might I borrow your pen for a moment?
For making a suggestion
It might be wise to consult a professional
Used as a past form of 'may' in the indirect speech
He said that his sister might come now.
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13.used to
to express some repetitive or habitual action in the past
My father used to teach me English
6.Will
For Expressing Intention
I will try to convince the leader
For Indicating Commands
You will finish this work
For making an offer or an invitation
Will you have a drink?
For Making Requests
Will you close the window?
7.Would
To Indicate Regularity In the Past
He would sit in that chair and read Ramayana
To Indicate Wish
I would like to keep you here.
Used as the Past Tense of 'Will' in the Indirect Speech
He said he would not go with us.
To Express Probability
It is likely that he would go there
For Asking Permission
Would you mind my taking your book?
8.shall and should
For Advising
You should consult a surgeon
To Indicate Duty
You should respect everyone
For Indicating Certainty
Of course we shall have a drink.
To indicate moral obligation
You should help the poor
For asking permission
Shall I open the window?
10.must
to express obligation
We must obey elders
to express certainity
Man must die one day
to indicate strong likelihood
You must have taken a wrong decision
11.need
used for asking a question
Need he go there?
used in negative sentence
You need not come here
12.dare
to mean challenge
I dare you to prove that I said so
used in negative and interrogative sentences
He dare not follow you.
to mean 'have the courage'
He dare not say so
9.ought to
To express obligation or duty
You ought to speak the truth
to express a strong livelihood
The lawyer ought to fight the case
1. are helping verbs which are not affected by person or gender
1b.they express the mode or manner of the actions denoted in the main verb
1c.They are never used alone .they have a principal verb with them for eg. I can play the violin
1d.They have the same form throughout whatever the person and number of the subject for eg. I can run, they can run, you can run
1e.They do not have infinite or participle form. We can't use 'to' with them or the past participle form or write 'can driven', etc.