English Class
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Modal Verbs
CAN
(present)
Ability
COULD BE ABLE TO
(past)
(other tenses)
Advice
SHOULD OUGHT TO
(formal)
Obligation
MUST HAVE TO
(present, sense (external authority,
of duty)
other tenses)
Permission / Request
CAN COULD WILL/WOULD MAY
(informal)
(polite)
(neutral)
(polite)
(formal)
Possibility / Deduction
MAY/MIGHT MUST CAN’T
(weaker possibility)
(sure)
(impossible)
Lack of Obligation
DON’T HAVE TO NEEDN’T
Prohibition
MUSTN’T CAN’T
(sense of duty) (external authority)
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