English Flashcards
The ship came of itself bringing the child whose name was
Scyld
Scyld had a son named
Beowulf
A great warrior and king
Beowulf
___________ King of the Danes, a descendant of Scyld
Hrothgar
A monster that broke into the hall
Grendel
Whose uncle of Beowulf and ruled over the geats
Hyegelac
______________ are the helping verbs in English that express mood
Modal auxiliaries
Ten basic modals are
Can, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and could.
Low certainty
Perhaps/maybe
May/might/could
Sometimes/occasionally/seldom
Possibly/conceivably
Moderate certainty
Likely/probably
Can/ought to/should/would
Usually/frequently/often/regularly
Majority/generally tends to/rarely
Strong certainty
Is/will
Can/not/must
Undoubted/definitely/clearly
Always/never
To give permission
Can, could, and may
Used to show that something is PROHIBITED
Can’t, and musn’t
Used to express OBLIGATION
Have and must
An ABILITY you can do
Can, could