Saturday, October 15, 2011

This week in Grammar Chapter 7: Modal Auxilaries

  • The form of modal auxiliaries
  • Expressing ability: can and could
  • Expressing possibility: may and might
  • Expressing permission: may and can
  • Using could to express possibility
  • Polite questions: may I, could I, can I 
  • Expressing advice: had better
  • Expressing necessity: have to, have got to, must
  • Expressing lack of necessity: do not have to
  • Expressing prohibition: must not
  • Making logical conclusions: must
  • Giving  instructions: imperative sentences
  • Making suggestions: let's and why don't
  • Stating preferences: prefer, like...better, would rather

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