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Auxiliary, or helping verbs, are used before infinitives to add a different meaning. The following auxiliaries are called \u21d2Modal Auxiliaries<\/strong> or Modals<\/strong><\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Modal Auxiliaries<\/th>\nMeanings \/ Functions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
can<\/td>\nability, permission, request, possibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
could<\/td>\nability, formal request, possibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shall<\/td>\nfuturity, willingness, intention, suggestion, insistence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
should<\/td>\nobligation, necessity, expectation, advisability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
will<\/td>\nwillingness, intention, prediction, insistence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
would<\/td>\nwillingness, habitual action in the past, probability, wish, desire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
may<\/td>\npermission, possibility, wish, purpose, concession<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
might<\/td>\npermission, possibility, concession, reproach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
must<\/td>\nnecessity, prohibition, compulsion, obligation, deduction, certainty, probability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quasis \/ Semi Modals<\/th>\nMeanings \/ Functions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
ought to<\/td>\nmoral obligation, probability, certainty, advice, necessity, duty, fitness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
used to<\/td>\ndiscontinued habit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
need<\/td>\nnecessity, obligation (used in negative and questions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dare<\/td>\ndefiance, challenge, boldness (used in negatives and interrogatives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\u03a6 \u00a0 Modal verbs – Click on \u2192multiple choice<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n