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Modal auxiliary verbs and verb phrases are used to indicate that something is necessary, advisable, permissible, possible, or probable. The following chart shows the modal verbs and verb phrases in their present/future and past uses.
AUXILIARYUSESPRESENT/FUTUREPASTwill(1) 100% certainty
(2) willingness
(3) polite requestJoe will arrive at 3:00.
I will pay for lunch.
Will you please come too?would(1) desire
(2) polite request
(3) repeated past actionI would like to come too.
Would you like to come too?I would have gone, but I was busy.
When I worked there, I would get free meals.may(1) polite request
(2) formal permission
(3) uncertaintyMay I borrow ten dollars?
You may leave class early.
Joe may be at the office.Joe may have been at the office.might(1) uncertainty
(2) polite request (uncommon)Joe might be at the office.
Might I borrow ten dollars?Joe might have been at the office.can(1) permissible
(2) polite request
(3) possibilityI can carry that for you.
Can you carry this for me?
I can win this game.could(1) conditional
(2) polite requestI could carry that for you if you'd like.
Could you carry this for me?I could have won the game if I’d have tried harder.shall(same as will, only formal and uncommonly used)Joe shall arrive at 3:00.
I shall pay for lunch.should(1) advisability
(2) uncertainty/expectationI should study for the test.
I should do well on the test.I should have studied for the test.
I should have done well on the test.ought to(1) advisability
(2) uncertainty/expectationI ought to study tonight.
I ought to do well on the test.I ought to have studied tonight, but I didn’t.
I ought to have done well on the test.had better(1)advisability with threat or bad resultYou had better tell the truth, or you will get into trouble.
AUXILIARYUSESPRESENT/FUTUREPASTwill(1) 100% certainty
(2) willingness
(3) polite requestJoe will arrive at 3:00.
I will pay for lunch.
Will you please come too?would(1) desire
(2) polite request
(3) repeated past actionI would like to come too.
Would you like to come too?I would have gone, but I was busy.
When I worked there, I would get free meals.may(1) polite request
(2) formal permission
(3) uncertaintyMay I borrow ten dollars?
You may leave class early.
Joe may be at the office.Joe may have been at the office.might(1) uncertainty
(2) polite request (uncommon)Joe might be at the office.
Might I borrow ten dollars?Joe might have been at the office.can(1) permissible
(2) polite request
(3) possibilityI can carry that for you.
Can you carry this for me?
I can win this game.could(1) conditional
(2) polite requestI could carry that for you if you'd like.
Could you carry this for me?I could have won the game if I’d have tried harder.shall(same as will, only formal and uncommonly used)Joe shall arrive at 3:00.
I shall pay for lunch.should(1) advisability
(2) uncertainty/expectationI should study for the test.
I should do well on the test.I should have studied for the test.
I should have done well on the test.ought to(1) advisability
(2) uncertainty/expectationI ought to study tonight.
I ought to do well on the test.I ought to have studied tonight, but I didn’t.
I ought to have done well on the test.had better(1)advisability with threat or bad resultYou had better tell the truth, or you will get into trouble.
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