Tuesday 27 February 2018

MODAL VERBS

Modal Verbs

MUSTN'T
prohibition
SHOULD
advice
CAN / BE ABLE TO
ability
MUST BE
certainty
MIGHT / MAY
future possibility
MUST
necessity
CAN'T BE
impossibility
NEEDN'T / DON'T HAVE TO
lack of necessity
COULD / WOULD
polite request
CAN / MAY / COULD
permission 


Modal Perfect 

MUST + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
certainty that something was true
MAY / MIGHT / COULD + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
possibility that something was true
COULD + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
ability to have done, but didn't 
WOULD  + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
willingness to do, but couldn't
SHOULD / OUGHT TO + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
criticism / regret 
CAN'T + HAVE + Past Participle (3rd column)
impossibility that something was true



EXTRA EXERCISE TO PRATICE MODAL VERBS


Modal Perfect









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