modals Flashcards
1
Q
name all 9 modals
A
can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, ought to
2
Q
- ability
- permission
- possibility
- offer help
A
can
3
Q
- permission politely
- request politely
- make suggestions
- general statements about the past
A
could (past tense of can)
4
Q
- certain future action
- offers
- suggestions
- asking for advice
A
shall
5
Q
- give advice/recomm/suggestion
- express an expectation/prediction
- obligation
A
should (past tense of shall)
6
Q
- promises/offers
- willingness to do something
- beliefs about the future
A
will
7
Q
- about the past
- hypotheses
- for politeness
- indicate repetitive past action
A
would (past tense of will)
8
Q
- unsure about present or future
- formal permission
A
may
9
Q
- unsure about present or future
- guesses about the past
- permission politely
A
might (past tense of may)
10
Q
- necessity of something
- strong recomm/suggestion
- something based on true evidence
A
must
11
Q
- state the right thing to do
- expectation
- advise/recomm
- probably happened/true
A
ought to
