Modals Prepared By: - Nityanandesh Narayan Tripathi PGT English Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Permission, Possibility, Obligation, Capacity and Advice Modals - Definition Modals are the auxiliary verbs that are used to express meanings such as Permission, Possibility, Obligation, Capacity and Advice Example: - May I come in? (Seeking Permission) It may rain today. (Telling Possibility) You must complete your homework today. (Obligation) I can play football after recovering from my injuries. (Capacity) He should respect his parents and teachers. (Advice)
Modals – Special Features Modals are Auxiliary Verbs But they fail to follow many regular quality of an auxiliary verb. They don’t change their form with the change in person of subject. They don’t have Present Participle and Past Participle form. Subject Auxiliary Verb I Do Play She Does Subject Auxiliary Verb I Can Play She Present Present Participle Go Going Can
Modals - Types Modals Primary Secondary 1. Used to 2. Need 1. Can 2. May 3. Shall 4. Will 5. Should 6. Must 7. Ought to 1. Could 2. Might Secondary 1. Used to 2. Need 3. Dare
Can Ability Modals (Primary) - Use Could is the Past Tense of Can. I can swim across the river. Could is the Past Tense of Can.
May Wish Possibility Modals (Primary) - Use May you live happily and long. It may rain today because black clouds are there in sky.
Shall Future Command Threat Modals (Primary) - Use You shall be punished if homework is not completed. You shall not enter into my house. I shall be 25 years old with next birthday.
Will Future Intention Determination Modals (Primary) - Use Tomorrow she will go to railway station. I will surely succeed in this race.
should Advice Modals (Primary) - Use You should study well to get good marks.
Must Necessity Modals (Primary) - Use I must follow strict diet to reduce my weight.
Ought to Moral Advice Modals (Primary) - Use We ought to pray God and read moral stories.
Discontinued Habit of Past Modals (Secondary) - Use Discontinued Habit of Past Used to I used to do morning walk in that park.
Need Duty Modals (Secondary) - Use He need not come to school till the recovery of his illness.
Modals (Secondary) - Use Courage Dare I dared to climb the Everest.
Exercises: - I _________donate blood in this camp. You _______ give up smoking. I _________ lift this box. _______ I give the answer? ______our country prosper.
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