ARE SPECIAL VERBS WHICH BEHAVE IRREGULARLY IN ENGLISH. THEY GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE MAIN VERB THAT FOLLOWS IT. MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS THAT EXPRESS MODES INDICATED BY THE MAIN VERBS SUCH AS : ABILITY, NECESSITY, OBLIGATION, DUTY, REQUEST ,PERMISSION, ADVICE, DESIRE, PROBABILITY, POSSIBILITY, ETC. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS: 1. THEY NEVER CHANGE THEIR FORM. YOU CANT ADD S, ED, ING.. 2. THEY ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO (e.i. THE BARE INFINITIVE) 3. THEY ARE USED TO INDICATE MODALITY ALLOW SPEAKERS TO EXPRESS CERTAINTY,POSSIBILITY, WILLINGNESS, OBLIGATION, NECESSITY, ABILITY. TYPES OF MODALS CORE MODAL VERBS FOR EXAMPLE : CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, WILL, SHALL, WOULD SHOULD AND MUST THE MODAL VERBS COME FIRST IN A VERB PHRASE AND ARE FOLLOWED BY A BARE INFINITIVE. WHEN USED WITH A PERFECT INFINITIVE, MODAL VERBS USUALLY REFER TO PAST TIME FOR EXAMPLE : I COULD HEAR THE DOG BARKING OUTSIDE.(MODAL + SIMPLE BARE INFINITIVE) YOU MUST BE JOKING.( MODAL+ CONTINOUS BARE INFINITIVE) HE MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE TRAIN.(MODAL + PERFECT BARE INFINITIVE) YOU MUST HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS.(MODAL + PERFECT CONTINOUS BARE INFINITIVE SEMI MODAL VERBS SEMI MODAL VERBS : THE SEMI MODAL VERBS (MARGINAL MODALS), THEY BEHAVE SIMILARLY TO MODAL VERBS BUT ALSO SHARE SOME CHARACTERISTICS WITH MAIN VERBS. FOR EXAMPLE : DARE, NEED, USED TO AND OUGHT TO HOW DARE SHE CRITICISE US? ( AS A MODAL VERB, THE INTERROGATIVE FORMED WITHOUT DO) HE DIDNT DARE TO LOOK BACK ( AS A MAIN VERB, FOLLOWED BY A TO INFINITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE FORMED WITH DO) THEY USED TO LIVE BY SEA. ( UNLIKE A MODAL VERB, FOLLOWED BY A TO INFINITIVE) YOU OUGHT TO KNOW THAT BY NOW. ( UNLIKE A MODAL VERB, FOLLOWED BY A TO INFINITIVE) OTHER MODAL EXPRESSIONS BESIDES MODAL VERBS AND SEMI MODAL VERBS, THERE ARE OTHER EXPRESSIONS WHICH CAN EXPRESS MODAL MEANINGS. SOME OF THESE ARE FORMED WITH BE: BE ABLE TO BE ALLOWED TO BE ABOUT TO BE BOUND TO BE GOING TO BE LIKELY TO BE OBLIGED TO BE SUPPOSED TO MEANING AND MODALITY IN A SENTENCE NO MEANING WHICH VERB? EXAMPLE 1 REALLY WILL MY BIRTHDAY WILL BE ON MONDAY THIS YEAR. CERTAIN WONT SHALL I SHANT ASK YOU TO COME AGAIN SHANT MUST CANT
2 VERY LIKELY SHOULD THE TRAFFIC ISNT HEAVY. WE SHOULD BE THERE IN AN
OUGHT TO HOUR 3 STRONG MUST YOU MUST ARRIVE AT 6 TO PICK UP THE TICKETS OBLIGATION HAVE TO NEED TO WE NEED TO WIN THIS GAME TO GET INTO FINAL 4 WEAK SHOULD CHILDREN SHOULD LOOK AFTER THEIR PARENTS IN OLD OBLIGATION OUGHT TO AGE 5 POSSIBLE MAY SHE MAY BE A FRIEND OF RICHARDS MIGHT COULD 6 PERMISSION CAN YOU CAN GO NOW IF YOUVE FINISHED MAY COULD MAY I BORROW A CHAIR? MIGHT
7 OFFER WILL ILL GET IT. YOU STAY THERE
SHALL SHALL I GO AND MAKE DINNER?
8 REQUEST WILL WILL YOU CLOSE THAT DOOR?
WOULD COULD COULD YOU HELP ME WITH THIS?
9 PROMISE WILL I WILL MARRY YOU
10 DECISION WILL I THINK ILL EAT LATER. IM NOT HUNGRY NOW
11 ADVICE AND SHOULD YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR THAT JOB
SUGGESTION 12 ABILITY CAN CAN YOU SWIM UNDERWATER?