Modal Verbs Flashcards by fatty jt | Brainscape

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Can

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Ability
Request
Permission

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Can’t

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Inahibility
Certainty

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Could

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Past ability
Possibilty
Request
Suggestion

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Couldn’t

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Past inability

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May

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Possibilty
Formal request
Formal permission

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Might

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Past of may
Possibilty

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Must

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Strong recommedation
Necessity
Obligation

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Mustn’t

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Prohibition

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Should/ough to

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Recommendations
Advice

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Needn’t

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Abscome of obligation

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Need

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Necessity

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Need to

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Necessity

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Will

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Polite request

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Would

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Polite request
Used to (requested past action)

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Wouldn’t

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Refusals

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Shall

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Polite
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