Modal verbs
The modal verbs are:cancouldmaymightshallshouldwill wouldWe use modal verbs to show if we believe something is certain, probable or possible (or not). We also use modals to do things like talking about...
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The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will and would.The modals are used to show that we believe something is certain, probable or possible:Possibility:We use the modals could,...
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WishesWe use past tense forms to talk about wishes:We use past tense modals would and could to talk about wishes for the future:I don’t like my work. I wish I could get a better job. That’s a dreadful...
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We use will: to talk about the future – to say what we believe will happen to talk about what people want to do or are willing to do to make promises and offerswould is the past tense form of will....
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The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will and would.The modals are used to do things like talking about ability, asking permission making requests, and so on.Ability:We use can to...
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1 Talking about past events and situations:We use the past simple:when we are talking about an event that happened at a particular time in the pastWe arrived home before dark The film started at seven...
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We use the perfective will have when we are looking back from a point in time when something will have happened.By the end of the decade scientists will have discovered a cure for influenza. I will...
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