Obligation: weak form of must: The government should reduce the taxes.You should brush your teeth every day.Giving advice in past, present and future: Prohibition: Hussain, you must not play in the street!.Strong recommendation: They must come in time for the appointment.
Necessity: Students must pass an entrance examination to study at this school. Offers: Won’t you accept the appointment?. Invitations: Will you join us for dinner?. Future tense auxiliary: I will buy a computer tomorrow. Suggestions: Shall we go to the party tonight?. The only time you do need to use it is in questions, when: Shall is a form of will, used with firs person “I and we”. Polite suggestion: You might try calling the help desk. Past form of ‘may’ In reported speech: The President said he might come. Slight possibility: He said he might come tomorrow. Note:May and might are used to talk about possibility in the past, present or future, but may is sometimes more sure (50%), whereas might express more doubt may (30%) chance. Possibility:The director may come to our class. To suggest: We could write a letter to the director. Requests: Could you babysit for us on Friday?. Permission: Could I use your phone please?. Past ability: I could swim when I was three. Possibility: I could do it, if you like. General Possibility: You can speak fluent English when you travel to an English country. Permission: Can I come with you? (‘May’ is also used.). They do not need auxiliaries.They direct take negative and question forms. They are the same for all the pronouns, and do not take ‘s or es’ for singular subjective pronouns. 
Modal verbs are always followed by the ‘infinitive without to’. Modal verbs are one of the complex structure in English grammar, in this article we will look at most common modal verbs and its uses in English.Īll the modal verbs have the following features in common. Or modal verbs show different moods and attitudes of the speaker. They are used with other verbs to express ideas such as possibility, prediction, speculation, deduction and necessity. Modal verbs are words like can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, ought toetc.
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