modals

Native EnglishNatural Grammar

ModalsCan: Indicates abilityMay: to ask permission, or indicate possibilityProbabilityOught: Indicates obligationShall: To inquire invitation; to indicate future tenseWill: To indicate violation, to create future tense

Past of Modal VerbConditional of Modal VerbCould (Can)Might (May)Ought (Ought)Should (Shall)Would (Will)

Grammar Patterns

ModalsCan: Indicates abilityMay: to ask permission, or indicate possibilityProbabilityOught: Indicates obligationShall: To inquire invitation; to indicate future tenseWill: To indicate violation, to create future tense

Past of Modal VerbConditional of Modal VerbCould (Can)Might (May)Ought (Ought)Should (Shall)Would (Will)

Collocations

ModalsCan: Indicates abilityMay: to ask permission, or indicate possibilityProbabilityOught: Indicates obligationShall: To inquire invitation; to indicate future tenseWill: To indicate violation, to create future tense

Past of Modal VerbConditional of Modal VerbCould (Can)Might (May)Ought (Ought)Should (Shall)Would (Will)

Set Phrases

ModalsCan: Indicates abilityMay: to ask permission, or indicate possibilityProbabilityOught: Indicates obligationShall: To inquire invitation; to indicate future tenseWill: To indicate violation, to create future tense

Past of Modal VerbConditional of Modal VerbCould (Can)Might (May)Ought (Ought)Should (Shall)Would (Will)

Examples

ModalsModal Auxiliary Verb

Meaning: Ability, to be able to do something, capable.

Negative Form: Cannot (always spelt as one word)Contraction: Can’t

Auxiliary: Used as auxiliary placed before the main verb.

Ex: I can go.I cannot go.

Exercises (link to Quia)