about " Modal Verbs " . OK

The modal verbs

are a set of very irregular verbs in English, OK .

The common modal verbs are : CAN , COULD , MUST , MAY , MIGHT , OUGHT TO ,

SHALL , SHOULD , WILL ,

and WOULD .

Also that there are others

that can be either modal or normal ,

for example

need or dare OK , now ,

what is a modal verb ?

how is a modal verb different

from an auxiliary verb .

OK , an auxiliary verb

defines tense

It defines past ,

present or future .

But a modal verb modifies

( modal ) , modify.

It modifies the meaning of the verb

so for example Can gives

ability to the verb .

May gives

possibility to the verb .

Must gives obligation

Ought to or Should gives obligation but the different type

Will talks about habit in the present

and Would talks about habit in the past .

OK modal verbs do not

act like normal verbs ,

for example : " Can " .

to talk about Can in the future you can't say : " I will can " .

OK , so this gives us problems .

The infinitives of the modal verbs do not

exist .

to Must , no , to have to . Yeah

Can , to Can , no , to be able to . OK .

This is part of the problem of the irregularity of modal verbs .

to use the modal verbs

normally we just put a subject

our modal verb

and the infinitive of the verb without to .

for example : " I Must go " .

To make negatives of modal verbs

normally we just add " not " after the modal verb

and

modal verbs

almost always

have contractions in the negative

so can , can´t could , couldn´t

may

I've read mayn't

but I don't like it I'd prefer may not . Might , mightn´t ,

must , mustn´t , ought , oughtn´t

shall , shan´t yeah ,

I'm not sure that's good english but

a lot of people say it , should , shouldn´t , will , won´t , would , wouldn´t

need , needn´t , dare , daren´t , so

that's an introduction to modal verbs

the following videos in this series will give you a more

in depth explanation of them

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