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CAN - COULD - MUST SHOULD - HAVE TO - MAY - MIGHT
MODAL VERBS CAN COULD MUST SHOULD HAVE TO MAY MIGHT
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CAN We use can: a) to express ability: I can swim
b) to express possibility or permission: They can find some berries in the forest Yes, you can stay if you want
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COULD We use could : to express ability or possibility in the past:
I could run really fast when I was young b) in the interrogative form it can also be used to ask for permission: Could you pass me the salt, please?
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MUST and HAVE TO -We use must to talk about obligation. When we use must the authority comes from the speaker: You must eat all your vegetables -We also use “have to” to talk about obligation. However, in this case authority usually comes from external circumstances: We have to wear a safety belt
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SHOULD We use should to give advice or to suggest something:
You shouldn’t eat all the cake, you’ll get sick We should book that flight to Venice
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MAY AND MIGHT We use may and might to express probability.
If we use might we express less certainty. -We may see some parrots when we visit the rainforest -They might be tired when they arrive
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