what is modals?????
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Here are a few explanations with examples to explain the concept of Modals:
CAN:
Canusually expresses ability, capacity or permission.
Can you get me a medicine?
He can work for hours at a stretch;
I can swim in a river.
MAY:
Mayis rather formal. It is used to express possibility in affirmative sentences. Canis 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!
COULDAND MIGHT:
Couldand Mightare used as past equivalents of can and may. In present times, couldand mightare used as less positive versions of canand may.
I 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:
Shallis 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 enter my house ever again.
WILL:
Willis used in all the persons to express pure future. Today, people have the tendency to use willmore than shall.
I am not lying, you will see;
We will go for a picnic tomorrow.
Willis used to express volition, characteristic habit, assumption or probability.
SHOULD/WOULD:
They are used as past equivalents of shalland 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.
