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 

Dear student,

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.
  • 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.

  • Can you get me a medicine?

  • He can work for hours at a stretch;

  • 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.

  • It may rain today;

  • She may come for the party;

  • Can this be true?

  • 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 .

  • could easily solve the puzzle;

  • The host might not turn up at all;

  • Could you pass me the salt?

  • You could have accepted the offer.

  • 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.

  • When shall we see you again?

  • It shall be a holiday tomorrow;

  • You shall be punished for this.

  • 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 .

  • I am not lying, you will see;

  • 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.

  • We should obey traffic rules;

  • You should have kept your word.

Should is used to express a supposition that may not be true.

  • If it should rain, they will not come;

  • If he should see me here, he would be irritated.

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