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modal verbs

SHOULD CAN / COULD MUST


Advice/ Can - present Obligation
recommendation Could - past Responsibility
/ Assumption
You should not
eat so much Ability She must study!
chocolate!
I can swim.
He should have You must pay
told her. I could play the taxes.
piano when I was
You should have young - not She's not here,
been there. anymore! She must be sick.

MAY / MIGHT WILL / WOULD SHALL


May - present Will - present Offer /
Might - past Would - past obligation
Permission/ Present/
Probability unreal Shall I clean the
I will win the race. window for you?
May I come in?
I will buy milk. She shall pay for
I might have lost the damages.
my money on the if I had money.
train. I would ...

OUGHT TO NEEDN'T
Personal ..like
believe ''don't need to''...
..like ''are to''... You needn't fetch
You ought to us early, we're
drink ginger tea only leaving at
when you feel 10am.
sick.
You needn't cook
You ought to tonight - I will.
have warned me
earlier! You needn't
spend so much!
modal verbs
..with HAVE ..with BEEN ..with BE
I could have I could have been That can be
asked her to help. the next king if ... dangerous!
You should have You should have I may be able to
paid attention! been more help.
careful!
I might have I may be strict,
helped you, if you I might have been but they are
asked. too strict with naughty!
her.
That would have You must be
hurt her feelings. That must have hungry after the
been awful. trip.

single concept (1) : double concept (2) : modals in the past


have ONE meaning have TWO meanings

will may might have


might must should have
would may have
should
shall must have
ought to
could would have
had better can could have

DOUBLE CONCEPT / TWO MEANINGS - Examples:

shall POLITE/EXPRESSION - Shall I clean your room?


shall COMMAND/PROMISE/THREAT - The company shall pay all your
benefits. You shall not go to that party! You shall phone her, now!

could UNREAL - I could have gone to the store if I had time. (Past)
could PAST ABILITY - She could play the violin when she was younger.

can PRESENT ABILITY - We can speak English.


can PERMISSION - Can I go to Europe without a passport?

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