Write about the uses of modals - 'Need', 'Need to', 'Dare' and 'Used to'
Answers
Modal - They are the finites that display the mode or manner of the actions denoted in the principal verb.
'Need' and 'Dare' are considered as semi-modals.
Reason - They can be used as modal auxiliaries or as principal verbs.
Uses of -
Need and Need to
It indicates the absence of obligation as a modal auxiliary verb in negative expressions. It used to express the speaker's Authority or advice and used in the future and present.
Examples - You needn't type this report.
(i) The interrogative is formed by inversion.
Example - Need I speak to him?
(ii) Its past is needed to in the affirmative sentences, need not have in the negative and need have in the interrogative.
Examples - You need to go to the barber - your hair is too long. (Affirmative in the future)
Dare
It refers to being bold and courageous. The native is formed by dare not and the interrogative by inversion.
Example - Dare we talk to them?
Used to
(i) A discontinued manner or a past situation which is no major in the present.
Example - He used to play daily. (Now he does not play)
(ii) Something being in the past.
Example - This used to be dense jungle before.