Using Modals
Using Modals
Using Modals
Should Might
Modal Verb Usage:
Where are modals put in a sentence?
Shall Be Leaving
Based form verbs are used after modals
will punish
can swim
I shall be leaving
.
Modal Verbs are special verbs
which behave very differently from
ordinary verbs.
Correct Sentence:
She should pass the entrance test before enrolment period.
2. Most modal verbs, except for ought, are
followed by the verb without to.
Example:
Glenn should to build a new computer center.
Correct Sentence:
Glenn should build a new computer center.
3. Modals have no infinitive or –ing form.
Example:
My parents can singing well.
Correct Sentence:
My parents can sing well.
4. Questions can be made by placing the modal verb
before the subject and without using do/did.
Example:
May I see what you’ve been playing on
your phone?
Let’s practice!
Which sentence has a
modal verb?
Homework:
Read “The Story of the
Aged Mother.”
https://americanliterature.com/author/matsuo-basho/short-story/the-aged-mother