Question

Identify the modal verb and state its function:
Could I use your computer for surfing net?

Answer 1

Answer:

Here could is modal verb.

Could is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests. "Could" is also commonly used in conditional sentences as the conditional form of "can."

Answer 2

The modal verb is 'could.'

Modal verbs

• Modal verbs refer to those verbs which indicate permissions, obligations, requests, and the possibility of an event.

• The modal verb 'could' is used to ask for permission.

Use of 'Could' in the given sentence

• The speaker is asking permission to let her use the computer to surf the net.

• This permission is indicated by 'could.'