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Sophie Gonzalez 10mo "B"

Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that cannot function as main verbs on their own and are used to express ideas like ability, possibility, necessity, or other statuses. Some common modal verbs are can, could, may, might, will, shall, should, ought to, must/have to, and would. Modal verbs are used with another verb in its base form and do not change form based on tense, as they do not have time aspects like other verbs. Modal verbs are important to understand as they provide meaning around uncertainty, chance, condition, and obligation that is not conveyed through verb tenses alone.

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Sophie Gonzalez 10mo "B"

Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that cannot function as main verbs on their own and are used to express ideas like ability, possibility, necessity, or other statuses. Some common modal verbs are can, could, may, might, will, shall, should, ought to, must/have to, and would. Modal verbs are used with another verb in its base form and do not change form based on tense, as they do not have time aspects like other verbs. Modal verbs are important to understand as they provide meaning around uncertainty, chance, condition, and obligation that is not conveyed through verb tenses alone.

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MODAL VERBS

Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that can not function as a main verb,
unlike auxiliary verbs "be", "do" and "have" that they can function as
a main verb.
Modal verbs express mode. They can express ability, possibility,
necessity or other status. They are auxiliary verbs future and
conditional. The English verb tenses are not enough to express ideas
of chance or uncertainty. There is no conditional tense in English. At
the same time, auxiliary verbs are used for conditional. Nor is there a
tense and the subjunctive in Spanish. Therefore, it is very important
to understand the uses of modal verbs.
As complementary verbs are modal verbs do not work without
another word. The other verb always goes after the modal verb is in
the base form (the infinitive without "to"). Modal verbs are not
conjugated and have no time.
Modal verbs are:
can
could
may
Might
will
shall
should
ought to
must / have to
would

SOPHIE GONZALEZ

10mo B

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