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Modal Verbs

Modal Verbs. What are modal verbs?. They are auxiliary verbs that provide additional and specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence. What are modal verbs?. Can Could May Might Must Shall Should Will Would Ought to Have to Need to. How do we use modals?. Example:

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Modal Verbs

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  1. Modal Verbs

  2. What are modal verbs? • They are auxiliary verbs that provide additional and specific meaning to the main verb of the sentence

  3. What are modal verbs? • Can • Could • May • Might • Must • Shall • Should • Will • Would • Ought to • Have to • Need to

  4. How do we use modals? Example: Marycould play the piano. They don’t accept conjugation and other auxiliary

  5. FORM: • There is no‘DO’ OR ‘DOES’in the questions. • Modals never end in‘’s”even in the third person singular • There is no ‘DON’T’ or DOESN’T’in the negative. • EXAMPLES: • He can ski : NOT He cans ski • Would you like to come with me? NOTDo you would like to come with me? • They can’t be serious. NOT They do not can be serious.

  6. FORM: • Modals do not change form and are followed by infinitive without To. • Example: She must study. NOT she must to study You should go to the doctor. He could play the piano.

  7. FORM: Negative form • Use NOT to make modal verbs negative. • Ex: • I cannot ride a bike • I could not go with you • She might not be able to come.

  8. Interrogative form Example: Marycould play the piano. They don’t accept conjugation and other auxiliary

  9. What do they express? • They can have different meanings depending on the situations they are used

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