MODAL VERBS in English: Necessity
MODAL VERBS in English: Necessity
Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verb which express the mood of another verb.
They are used to express ideas such as: possibility, prediction, speculation, deduction and
necessity.
Past ability: Charlie could swim when he was four years old.
Shall Future tense auxiliary: I shall be in London on Monday (or I'll be ...).
Will Future tense auxiliary: The ticket will cost about 50€.
Invitations/offers: Will you join us for coffee? Won't you come in?
*semi-modals
Semi-modal verbs are composed of two or more separate words ending with ‘to’.
Have to / have got to - be able to - ought to are examples of semi-modal verbs.