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The document explains modal auxiliary verbs, which are used with main verbs to express mood and ideas such as ability, possibility, and permission. It provides examples and explanations for modals like can, could, will, would, may, and might, detailing their specific uses in different contexts. The content serves as a guide for understanding how to properly use these verbs in sentences.

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Chapter 3 lesson 3

The document explains modal auxiliary verbs, which are used with main verbs to express mood and ideas such as ability, possibility, and permission. It provides examples and explanations for modals like can, could, will, would, may, and might, detailing their specific uses in different contexts. The content serves as a guide for understanding how to properly use these verbs in sentences.

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143 Grammar

Modal Auxiliary Verbs


Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Modal auxiliary verbs are used with a
main verb to show, mood and ideas such
as ability, possibility and permission. The
main Modal auxiliary verbs are listed in
table below.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Modals

can will must shall may

could would ought to should might


Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Can: Can is used
1) to express ability:
Ryan can speak French but he cannot
speak German.
Superman can do things that ordinary
people can’t.
2) to express request:
Can you help Sue?
Can I offer you something to drink?
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
3) to express permission:
Can I use your cell phone?
You can’t go out with Victor.
4) to express possible:
If the weather is perfect tomorrow, we can
go on a picnic.
I can be ready by five.
I will be ready five.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
＊ Can is used to express a statement that is
less uncertain than will.
5) be able to: be able to is used to describe
an ability that a person will have in the
future.
My baby will be able to walk in a few
months.
I am busy but I will be able to talk to you
in ten minutes.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
Could: Could is used
1) to express abilities in the past:
Jason could do 50 push-ups in five
minutes when he was young.
Jason could talk when he was four.
2) to express permission:
Could you lend me two grants?
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
3) to express future possibility: it expresses
more uncertainty than may
I could get an A or B in grammar. It
depends on the final exam.
4) could with present perfect tense is used to
express something in the past may be
real.
You could have been killed in that
accident.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Will: Will is used
1) present to future tense:
Sean will leave tomorrow. She will be
back in a few days.
If it rains, the soccer game will be put off.
2) express willing,
If you won’t go and help him, I will.
I will wash the dishes if you cook.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Would: Would is used
1) as the past tense of will:
She said she would buy dinner on her way
home.
I believed it would rain so I brought my
raincoat.
2) to express polite request:
Would you please take off your coat?
Would you mind turning the radio off?
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
3) to express actions take place in the past:
I would fish and swim in the river when I
lived in the countryside.
I used to go swimming in the river when I
lived in the countryside.
4) to express desire
I would like to have one day off.
I’d love to stay for a few more days.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 May: May is used to
1) express possibility in the present or in the
future.
It may rain.
Elizabeth may know his telephone
number.
2) for permission:
May I come in?
You may come if you want.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
3) to express wish or hope.
May you a long life!
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
 Might: Might is used
1) to express possibility in the present or in
the future.
Ashley might be in the library. I am not
sure.
George might come as well.
He may come.
He might come. (the chance that he comes
is less likely than may)
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
2) might with present perfect tense means
speculation about the past.
Hamza is late. He might have missed his
bus or he might have overslept.
Modal Auxiliary Verbs
2) might with present perfect tense means
speculation about the past.
Hamza is late. He might have missed his
bus or he might have overslept.
GOODBYE

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