Modal Auxiliaries in English Sentences
1. Can
Can means be able to. Can refers to the present or future. Can also express possibility and in informal speech, is used to request and grant permission.
Examples :
a. I can speak English, but I cannot speak Spanish. (ability)
b. Can I bring my book? (permission)
c. It can rain in December. (possibility)
2. Could
Could expresses ability, subject to certain conditions which probably do not exist. In this use could can refer to the present, the past or the future.
Examples :
a. When I was seventeen, I could sing all night. (ability in the past)
b. Could I borrow your pen? (permission)
3. May
May expresses possibility, permission.
Examples :
a. I may sleep, but I don't really want to. (possibility)
b. May I come to your house? (permission)
4. Might
Might expresses possibility which is considerably slighter or weaker than that expressed by may also used to express resignation to an undesirable situation.
Example :
a. They say that the movie is not interesting. We might just as well stay at home.
5. Should
Should expresses the idea of avoidable obligation, to state an obvious conclusion or a logical deduction.
Examples :
a. I should study more. (But I do not)
b. She took singing lessons for years. She should be a famous singer.
6. Shall
Shall expresses a request for agreement or an offer to do something for someone. This is the only really common use for shall.
Example :
a. Shall I go now and come back latter?
7. Will
Will is used to express agreement, mild promise, or willingness, or in a question, to make a polite request. also used to express strong determination and the negative of will may express refusal.
Examples :
a. I will do whatever you want.
b. I will pass this examination.
c. My father will not be there tonight.
8. Would
Would expresses the idea of willingness and determination in reported or indirect discourse and also expresses a habitual or customary action in the past.
Examples :
a. My mother said she would go with me.
b. When I was child, my mother would tell me stories.
9. Must
Must expresses the idea of necessity or unavoidable obligation, or a condition which cannot be changed..
Example :
a. The time is up. I must go now.
10. Ought to
Ought to is like should, expresses desirability, avoidable obligation, or duty. It relates to present or future time. Ought to and should are often used interchangeably.
Examples :
a. We ought to study English more.
b. I ought not to have wasted my time.
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