MODAL VERBS
by Rafael Munoz
1. CAN: Present ability, Permission
1.1. I CAN run very well.
2. MUST: Obligation
2.1. You MUST wear seat belt in the car.
3. MUSTN'T: Prohibition
3.1. You MUSTN'T drink Alcohol here.
4. OUGHT TO: Advice
4.1. You OUGHT TO think harder.
5. SHOULD/SHOULDN'T: Advice
5.1. You SHOULD think harder.
6. COULD: Past, ability, request
6.1. I COULD swim when I was five.
6.2. COULD you lend me your pencil?
7. MIGHT: Remote, probability
7.1. She MIGHT be on the bus.
8. MAY: Posibility
8.1. I MAY eat dinner at 8 pm.
9. WILL: Willingness, Certainty
9.1. the teacher WILL always help you.
10. WOULD: willingness, likelihood
10.1. He WOULD was the dishes.
11. Marietta Hicks: Activity 2
