Modal Auxiliary Verb

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Examples:

I will take this duty.

I will come to your house.

We will cross the river; however deep it may be.

If she will marry, he will try to build a house.

He will go tomorrow.


Would is an auxiliary verb that has many uses, some of which even express the present tense. We use would mainly to talk about the past and to express the sense of probability or something that has not happened at the time. We use would foe other functions, such as to make polite requests, to show repetitive past action, to show wish and desire to show choice, to ask the question.

Examples:

She said that she would go to church.

I replied that I would play.

I would like to see this film.

We would like to invite her to the party.

I met the woman that I would marry one day.


May is used to asking for permission or to give permission. May is politer to use than can or could when asking for permission. We can use may not refuse permission but it is formal. May are not sure about something in present or future. May express wish.

Examples:

May I borrow the bus tomorrow?

You may go now.

She may travel for free.

Your comment may have offended some people.

You may not leave this room without permission.

May I have some water, please?

May I use your phone?


Might is a modal verb deals with a situation that is speculative or did not actually happen, might modal verb most commonly use. It is often used in conditional. This can be used as a means of highlighting two different possible outcomes or courses of action. We use might suggest a possible action or situation to another person. We use might most often to refer to weak possibilities.

Examples:

Ali might be stuck in traffic.

She might have ten minutes to prepare.

We might make it through if we start now.

You might be able to make money through this.


Can is used to express ability. Can is also used to request or order informally. Use can ask permission or give. It is used to express someone able to do something.

Examples:

He can work this out.

I can swim, can you?

Can you open these presents?

Can I have the bill?

You can go now.

You can do whatever you want after you finished your task.


Could commonly be used in conditional sentences as a conditional form of 'can'.

Could use to express ability in the past, express past and future permissions, express present possibility. It is also used to suggest something. Could is more formal and politer than can.

Examples:

Could you pass me the salt, please?

You could have broken your leg.

I could swim when I was in kinder.

You could go to jail for the crime.


Must is used for a very strong recommendation, strong moral obligation, and official or written rule.

Examples:

You must be 18 years old to be able to vote.

You must respect your elders.

You must visit me next time you're in town.


Ought to is the type of auxiliary modal verb used to express obligation and duty through bits of advice. The use of ought to is similar to should, but it is much less frequent. Ought to is rarely used in questions and negatives. Ought to express ideas such as duty, necessity. It is not forceful as must but is stronger than should. Ought to generally point to present and future time. It can point past time when it is followed by the perfect infinitive.

Examples:

You ought to be punctual.

You ought to try it sometime.

We ought to eat lots of fruits and vegetables every day.

We ought to leave now.

I ought not to have said those things to her.


Have is used to form the perfect tenses. But each tense has a different use for example. We use present perfect when we think about the time before and up to now, to point to the past. We use the future perfect when we are thinking about the time before and up to point in the future.

Examples:

I have a camera.

I have to go.


Have to is used for necessity, often used in place of a must when speaking.

Examples:

I have to meet my boss at noon.

You have to eat before the exam.

I have to register first to log in.


Do use for the present simple and past simple. Generally, we only use it in question and negative sentences.

Examples:

Do you say so?

I do not say so.

They do say so.

They do their work well than you do.


Be auxiliary verbs have seven conjunctions: am, are, is, was, been, being, were.

That only conjunction used in an auxiliary capacity has been included the primary "be" take part in the formation of progressive verb phrases, as well as the formation of passive verb phrases.


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