DEAR EXPERT
I NEED TO PRACTISE MODALS IN ENGLISH BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT GETTING TO GET THE CHAPTER MODALS OF CLASS 7.
THE CHAPTER NAMED MODALS .COULD U HELP ME
You can refer to our Ask & Answer question bank to obtain as many questions as you want based on the above mentioned topic. However, here is a small explanation for a few modal verbs:
A modal verb is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality-that is, advice, likelihood, ability, permission, habits and obligation. Some modal verbs are: shall and should, will and would, may and might, can and could, ought (to), had better, dare, need
For example;
- You should practice more to learn to play piano.
- I shall visit the doctor tomorrow.
- We ought to submit the final report today.
Here are a few explanations with examples to explain the concept of Modals:
CAN :
Can usually expresses ability, capacity or permission.
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Can you get me a medicine?
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He can work for hours at a stretch;
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I can swim in a river.
MAY :
May is rather formal. It is used to express possibility in affirmative sentences. Can is used in the corresponding interrogative and negative sentences.
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It may rain today;
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She may come for the party;
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Can this be true?
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It cannot be false!
COULD AND MIGHT :
Could and Might are used as past equivalents of can and may . In present times, could and might are used as less positive versions of can and may .
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I could easily solve the puzzle;
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The host might not turn up at all;
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Could you pass me the salt?
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You could have accepted the offer.
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You might want to give an explanation.
SHALL :
Shall is used in the first person, although it is sometimes used in the second and third persons to express a command, a promise or a threat.
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When shall we see you again?
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It shall be a holiday tomorrow;
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You shall be punished for this.
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He shall never en ter my house ever again.
WILL :
Will is used in all the persons to express pure future. Today, people have the tendency to use will more than shall .
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I am not lying, you will see;
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We will go for a picnic tomorrow.
Will is used to express volition, characteristic habit, assumption or probability.
SHOULD / WOULD :
They are used as past equivalents of shall and will .
Should is used in all persons to express duty or obligation.
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We should obey traffic rules;
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You should have kept your word.
Should is used to express a supposition that may not be true.
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If it should rain, they will not come;
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If he should see me here, he would be irritated.