Question

What is called model Auxiliary

Answer 1

CAN :

Can usually expresses ability, capacity or permission.

Can you get me a medicine?

He can work for hours at a stretch;

I can swim in a river.

MAY :

May is rather formal. It is used to express possibility in affirmative sentences. Can is used in the corresponding interrogative and negative sentences.

It may rain today;

She may come for the party;

Can this be true?

It cannot be false!

COULD AND MIGHT :

Could and Might are used as past equivalents of can and may . In present times, could and might are used as less positive versions of can and may .

I could easily solve the puzzle;

The host might not turn up at all;

Could you pass me the salt?

You could have accepted the offer.

You might want to give an explanation.

SHALL :

Shall is used in the first person, although it is sometimes used in the second and third persons to express a command, a promise or a threat.

When shall we see you again?

It shall be a holiday tomorrow;

You shall be punished for this.

He shall never en ter my house ever again.

WILL :

Will is used in all the persons to express pure future. Today, people have the tendency to use will more than shall .

I am not lying, you will see;

We will go for a picnic tomorrow.

Will is used to express volition, characteristic habit, assumption or probability.

SHOULD / WOULD :

They are used as past equivalents of shall and will .

Should is used in all persons to express duty or obligation.

We should obey traffic rules;

You should have kept your word.

Should is used to express a supposition that may not be true.

If it should rain, they will not come;

If he should see me here, he would be irritated.