modal axulary verbs Flashcards
1
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will
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100% certainity Joe will arrive at 3.00 willingness I will pay fpr lunch polite request will you please come too?
2
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would
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desire i would like to come too polite request wpuld you like to come too? repeated past action when i worked there, i would get free meals
3
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may
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May i borrow ten dollars formal permission you may leave class early uncertinity joe may be at the office
4
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might
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uncertainity
joe might be at the office
polite request
might i borrow ten dollars
5
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can
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permissible i can carry that for you polite request can you carry this for me? possibility i can win this game
6
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could
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conditional
i could carry that for you if you’d like
polite request
could you?
7
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should
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advisability
i should study for the test
uncertainity/expectation
i should do well on the test
8
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ought to
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advisibility
i ought to study tonight
uncertinit/expectation
9
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had better
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advisability with threat or bad result
you had better tell the truth
