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Modal Verbs
Prediction - Will and Shall
Will and shall can be used to state predict that an event or an action will take place or will occur The model verbs can used to make a prediction about an event or action about the future.
- I think we will be able to go and see the move tonight.
- My mother thinks we will not get home be it starts to rain.
Requests - Offers - Suggestions - Can - Could - May - Shall
To make requests, offers or suggestions can be stated with the model verbs
Permission - Can - Could - May - Might
Can, could, may and might are model verbs that can be used to give permission or deny permission to do something or to someone.
- Can I help you cook dinner?
- You may not watch T. V. after dinner.
Certainty - Possibility - Can - Might - May - Could - Shall - Can, might & could are model verbs that can be used to state certainty and possibility.
- Do you think it might rain tomorrow night?
- I might be home before midnight.
- You can come over tonight if you would like to.
Can - Could - Able - Ability & Inability
My father hopes that we will be able to go to the moves.
I can not go to Europe with you.
Model verbs can be used the perfect tenses.
When are model verbs used:
Prediction - Will and Shall
Will and shall can be used to state predict that an event or an action will take place or will occur The model verbs can used to make a prediction about an event or action about the future.
- I think we will be able to go and see the move tonight.
- My mother thinks we will not get home be it starts to rain.
Requests - Offers - Suggestions - Can - Could - May - Shall
To make requests, offers or suggestions can be stated with the model verbs
Permission - Can - Could - May - Might
Can, could, may and might are model verbs that can be used to give permission or deny permission to do something or to someone.
- Can I help you cook dinner?
- You may not watch T. V. after dinner.
Certainty - Possibility - Can - Might - May - Could - Shall - Can, Might & Could are model verbs that can be used to state certainty and possibility.
- Do you think it might rain tomorrow night?
- I might be home before midnight.
- You can come over tonight if you would like to.
Can - Could - Able - Ability & Inability
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My father hopes that we will be able to go to the moves.
I can not go to Europe with you.