Use Modal Auxiliaries
Modal
Auxiliaries and their uses –
Sr
No.
|
Modal
Auxiliary
|
Use
|
1
|
Can
|
Ability
|
2
|
Should
|
Advice , duty,
Suggestion
|
3
|
Must
|
Obligation, compulsion
|
4
|
May
|
Permission, probability, less certainty
|
5
|
May not
|
Prohibition
|
6
|
Will
|
Certainty
|
7
|
Would, Could
|
Request
|
8
|
Might
|
Possibility
|
e.g.
1) I shall buy a scooter next month.
(Use
modal auxiliary showing ability)
Ans- I can buy a scooter next month.
2) Students may obey their parents.
(Use
modal auxiliary advice)
Ans- Students should obey their parents.
3) They need to be protected.
(Use
modal auxiliary showing obligation)
Ans- They must be protected.
4) You should do what your teacher tells you
(Use
modal auxiliary showing possibility)
Ans- You might do what your teacher tells you
5) I will teach you this lesson next month.
(Use
modal auxiliary showing less certainty)
Ans- I may teach you this lesson next month.
6) Can I Come in?
(Use
modal auxiliary showing permission)
Ans- May I come in?
7) Will you give me a pen?
(Use
modal auxiliary showing request)
Ans- Could you give me a pen?
8) She will enter the class.
(Use
modal auxiliary showing prohibition)
Ans- She may not enter the class.
