modal auxiliary verbs exercises with answers pdf

Modal Auxiliary Verb ‘will’ is used to express an event that is possible in the near or far future or is believed to appear.

a) To Express Future Possibilities or Beliefs/Non Possibility or Disbelief.

Below we will go through different shades of ‘will’ with suitable example sentences. Modal Auxiliary Verb ‘will’ is used to express future possibilities, beliefs, plans, offers or promises. ‘Could’ can also be used to express the Possibility of the occurrence of an event ‘now’ as shown in sentences below.

Could you please do me a favor? (request).

‘Could’ can also be used to make polite requests as shown in the sentences below.

He couldn’t have scolded you for that.

You couldn’t ride in night few decades back.

I could walk for miles when I was a kid.

There are various ways in which ‘could/couldn’t’ can be used, as explained below-Ĭould/Couldn’t can be used as the past tense of can/can’t as shown in the examples below. In the above sentences Modal Verb ‘can’ is used to make requests, but its Negative form can be used to make refusals as demonstrated below.

Can you call me after some time? (request).

Modal Auxiliary Verb ‘can’ can be used to make requests as shown in below example sentences. The above sentences express that a particular event is impossible or is not expected under normal circumstances. The negative form of ‘can’ can also be used to express Non Possibility or Disbelief as expressed in the examples below. Please note that ‘can’ only expresses a possibility but not certainty.

That is, if two languages are learned, then it can be difficult and it can be helpful to call the police. Riding without helmet can be dangerous.Īll the above sentences express the nature of the outcome, if a particular action is taken.Learning two languages can be difficult.b) To Express Possibility or Non Possibility.Oliver can’t perform two tasks at a time.‘Cannot ‘is also expressed as ‘can’t’ in short form. Oliver cannot perform two tasks at a time.The Negative form of modal Verb ‘can’ can also be used to express inability by complementing it with ‘not’. The above sentences use ‘can’ as a Modal Auxiliary Verb to express the ability of completing a specific task (verb). Oliver can perform two tasks at a time.Modal Auxiliary verb ‘can’ is used to express ability, request and possibility, as we will see in the following examples. We will briefly go through what does each of Modal Verb expresses with the help of Example Sentences. What Do they Express?Īs we know that Modal Auxiliary Verbs facilitate the main verbs and express possibility, expectation, permission etc. The following are the frequently used Modal Auxiliary Verbs in English-Ĭan, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must and ought.

Modal auxiliary verbs exercises with answers pdf