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MODAL VERBS - Coggle Diagram
MODAL VERBS
may/might
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may
- describe something can happen in the present
might
- describe something can happen in the past
- lower level than "may"
should/ought to
both is used for giving advice, opinions
should
- express necessity
- lower level than "must"
ought to
- same as "should"
- higher level than "should" but lower level than "must"
shall/will
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shall
- asking for permission, giving suggestions
- offering to help someone
will
- describing, guessing the thing that will happen
- offering that someone will help
can/could
both is used in questions of request, permission
can
- describe the present or future possibility that a person can do something, or an event that may happen
could
- describe the past possibility that a person can do or something, or an event that may happen
must/mustn't
must
- describe necessity of doing something (perceive it yourself)
mustn't
- to say that is strictly banned
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be able to
- describe probability
- describe possible things can do by trying
have to
- describe the necessity of doing something right in the rules