10 Examples Of Modals, Definition And Example Sentences

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10 examples of modals, Definition and Example Sentences

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Here are English Modals Table and Example Sentences

1. CAN

Ability, doubt, astonishment, permission, Polite request

Example Sentences;

  • I can play the football.
  • Can I go out tonight?

2. MAY

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Permission, if not prohibition, supposition with doubt

Example Sentences;

  • It may rain tomorrow.
  • May I go to the bathroom?

3. MUST

Obligation, firm necessity, logical conclusion, probability

Example Sentences;

  • He must be her brother.
  • You must study today.

4. SHALL

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intention, supposition

Example Sentences;

  • You shall pay on Saturday.
  • Shall I help you?

5. WILL

Wish, desire, will, confidence, in the future

Example Sentences;

  • I will give you a gift.
  • I have asked him but he will not come.

6. OUGHT TO

Moral duty, insistent advice, strict recommendation

Example Sentences;

  • I ought not to go out today.
  • You oughn’t to tell lies.

7. NEED

(un)necessity

Example Sentences;

  • I need to talk to her.
  • You needn’t buy a gift for me.

8. BE TO

Obligation arising out of arrangement or agreement

9. HAVE TO

Unwillingness, forced circumtances

Example Sentence;

  • I have to wait.

10. WOULD

Wish (with “to like”), polite request, a habit of the past

Example Sentences;

  • I would play the tennis when I was a child.
  • How about going to the circus tonight? It would so funny.
  • We are going to breakfast. Would you come? Yes, I would.
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