MODAL VERBS...
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Examples |
Usage |
Modals |
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May I see your
passport, please? (request) May I go to
the festival? (permission) |
Request +
permission |
May |
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Could
I have some more cake? (request) Could
I go to the festival? (permission) I
could climb trees when I was young.
(ability) |
Request
+ permission & ability |
Could |
|
Can I have
help you? (request) Can I go to
the festival? (permission) He can ride a
motorbike now. (ability) |
Request +
permission & ability in present |
Can |
|
I
haven’t been able to go shopping since last month |
Ability
in the past |
be
able to |
|
You have to be
physically fit . |
Obligation =
Necessary in the present & future |
Have to |
|
You
don’t have to wear special clothing . |
It
isn’t necessary |
Don’t
have to |
|
All Muslims
must perform Hajj once a life. |
Obligation =
Necessary in the present & future |
Must |
|
You
mustn’t take your bike in the park . |
Don’t
do it |
Mustn’t |
|
I need to talk
to you. |
Necessary |
Need to |
|
You
don’t need to give me back the money . |
It
isn’t necessary |
Don’t
need to |
|
He needn’t buy
me a present . |
It isn’t
necessary |
Needn’t |
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