Modal Verbs and Definition PDF Worksheet For Students

CAN	Ability, doubt, astonishment, permission, Polite request
MAY	Permission, if not prohibition, supposition with doubt
MUST	Obligation, firm necessity, logical conclusion, probability
SHALL	intention, supposition
WILL	Wish, desire, will, confidence, in the future
OUGHT TO	Moral duty, insistent advice, strict recommendation
NEED	(un)necessity
BE TO	Obligation arising out of arrangement or agreement
HAVE TO	Unwillingness, forced circumtances
WOULD	Wish (with “to like”), polite request, a habit of the past
SHOULD	Necessity, advice, blame, recommendation, reproach, regret
USED TO	Repeated action in the past

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