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MODAL VERBS
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Created on February 18, 2021
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MODAL VERBS
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BASIC RULES
CAN COULD BE ABLE TO
ABILITY
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100% MUST 90% SHOULD50% MAY / MIGHT / CAN / COULD 0% CAN / COULDN'T
PROBABILITY
SHOULD OUGHT TO HAD BETTER
ADVICE
MUSTN'T CAN'T
PROHIBITION
MUST HAVE TO NEED TO
OBLIGATION
NOT HAVE TO NEEDN'T
LACK OF OBLIGATION
CAN COULD MAY
PERMISSION
CAN COULD WOULD
REQUEST
Modal Verbs
WILL
MUST
CAN
OUGHT TO
MIGHT
HAD BETTER
NEED TO
WOULD
MAY
SHOULD
SHALL
COULD
HAVE TO
List of modal verbs
I am able to play the piano while I'm singing
I could play the piano when I was 8 years old
I can play the piano
BE ABLE
COULD
CAN
ABILITY
Would you open the window?
Could you open the window?
Can you open the window?
WOULD
COULD
CAN
REQUEST
Can I go to the party?
May I go to the party?
Could I go to the party?
MAY
COULD
CAN
PERMISSION
NEEDN'T Lack of Obligation
NOT HAVE TO Lack of Obligation
MUSTN'T Prohibition
I need to study
I have to study
I must study
NEED TO
HAVE TO
MUST
OBLIGATION
NEEDN'T Lack of Obligation
NOT HAVE TO Lack of Obligation
MUSTN'T Prohibition
I need to study
I have to study
I must study
NEED TO
HAVE TO
MUST
OBLIGATION
You needn't marry if you don't want to
You don't have to marry if you don't want to
NEEDN'T
NOT HAVE TO
LACK OF OBLIGATION
You can't drive until you are 18
You mustn't drive until you are 18
CAN'T
MUSTN'T
PROHIBITION
You had better go to the doctor
You ought to go to the doctor
You should go to the doctor
HAD BETTER
OUGHT TO
SHOULD
advice
They can't be at home, they are on holidays
They can - could - may - might be at home
They should be at home, they usually are
They must be at home, the lights are on
CAN'T 0%
MAY / MIGHT 50%
CAN / COULD 50%
SHOULD 90%
MUST 100%
PROBABILITY
PROBABILITY in the past: MODAL PERFECT
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