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Modals

All the auxiliary verbs except be, do and have are called modals. Unlike other auxiliary verbs modals only exist in their helping form; they cannot act alone as the main verb in a sentence.

Be, do, and have also differ from the other auxiliaries in that they can also serve as ordinary verbs in a given sentence.

The modal verbs are:-
  • CAN
  • COULD 
  • MAY 
  • MIGHT 
  • MUST 
  • SHALL 
  • SHOULD 
  • OUGHT TO 
  • WILL 
  • WOULD 


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