Here's a list of the modal verbs in english:
CANCOULD
MAY
MIGHT
SHOULD
OUGHT TO
HAD BETTER
MUST
HAVE TO
WILL
WOULD
WOULD RATHER
WOULD LIKE
Modals are different from normal verbs:
* They don't use an 's' for the third person singular.
* They make questions by inversion ('she can go' becomes 'can she go?')
* They are followed directly by the infinitive of another verb (without 'to')
Can --> To show ability
-->To suggest a possibility or give and option.
-->To ask for or to give permission.
-->To show impossibility
Could -->To show past ability
-->To ask a polite question.
-->To show possibility.
-->To suggest a possibility/opportunity or give an option.
May -->To ask for or to give permission (formal)
-->To show possibility.
Might -->To show possibility.
Should-->To show advisability.
-->To show obligation.
-->To show expectation.
Ought to-->To show advisability.
-->To show obligation.
-->To show expectation.
Had better -->To show advisability.
Must -->To show probability or to make a logical assumption.
-->To show necessity.
-->To show prohibition.
Have to -->To show necessity.
-->To show lack of necessity.
Will -->To indicate future time.
-->To make a promises or to show willingness.
-->To state a general truth.
-->To ask a polite question.
Would -->To ask a polite question.
-->To indicate a repeated action in the past.
-->To indicate future time in the sentence that is in the past.
Would rather-->To show a preference.
Would like-->To express a desire.
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