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Modals

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Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals.
1. ____________ Raman run long distances when he was young?
2. ____________ you please allow me to use your phone? The battery of my phone
has drained.
3. ____________ the students buy lunch from school canteen today?
4. ____________ you teach me how to solve the rubric? You are a genius at it.

5. I ____________ contact the customer care service to get the information.
6. They ____________ finish the project on time.
7. You ____________ want to buy a gift for them from the nearby shop.
8. ____________ I ask you a question, please?

9. He ____________ visit his cousins. He is in their city anyway.
10. You ____________ sit at this table. It’s reserved.

There are some helping verbs that are used along with the action verbs to express or indicate
permission, possibility, certainty, and necessity. These words are called modals.

Let’s Learn Modals

Modals (also called modal verbs/modal auxiliary verbs/modal auxiliaries) are different
from action verbs such as sing, walk, talk, and give. Some of the most commonly used
modals are can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, and must.
Modals are placed before the main verbs. The different characteristics of modal verbs are
as follows.

They never change their form. They do not take -s, -ed or -ing form. For example:
He speaks Chinese.  He can speak Chinese.
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She comes by 8 o’clock.  She should come by 8 o’clock.
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They are always followed by an infinitive without to. For example:
He can to speak English. (incorrect)
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He can speak English. (correct)

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