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Thursday, September 8, 2011

--- Modals Verbs ---

Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English.



1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.
Examples:
  • He can  speak Chinese.
  • She should  be here by 9:00.
2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.
Examples:
  • He should not be late.
  • They might not come to the party.
3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.
Examples:
  • He will can go with us. Not Correct
  • She musted study very hard. Not Correct

Common Modal Verbs

Can
Could
May
Might
Must		Ought to
Shall
Should
Will
Would

Modals verbs table  
normal verbmodal verb
affirmativehe workshe can work
negationhe does not workhe cannot work
emphatiche does work hardhe can work hard
questiondoes he work here?can he work at all?
negation + questiondoes he not work here?can he not work at all?
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