Learn Modal Verbs in 5 minutes - English Modal Verbs with usage and examples

can could will would shall should May might when to use them and where aren't they confusing these are called modal verbs and today in this video you're going to learn to remember them and their usage in just five minutes with me before I start and dive into the topic I do want to tell you about this English speaking course that we launched last month now the great thing is that we've added an ebook to it it has a variety of exercises and has hundreds of questions which can make you practice not just your prepositions your tenses your sentence construction everything together it is available on alinarays.com you can make your purchase today if you want to now let's get into the topic because I have some great information to share with you let's dive in in technical terms modal verbs are auxiliary verbs that Express possibility necessity ability permission request obligation or advice but let me show you with examples and then you will easily understand primarily there are nine modal verbs there are some extras of which I'm going to be talking about right towards the end of the video but for now let's start with the first nine modal verbs can expressing ability I can swim that means I'm able to swim it can also be used for asking for permission can I swim can I use your phone and lastly it can be used for offering or suggesting you can try this dish I'm allowing you offering you you can try this dish I'm suggesting to you because it's good you can try this dish next we come to brother of can good it denotes past ability I could swim when I was five years old or it can be used for a polite request could you please pass the soul next is suggestion it can also be used for suggesting you could visit the museum if you are interested in art and lastly it can be used for possibility it could rain to next we come to will it can be used for future I will go to the store or it can be used for a promise I will help you food this is conditional it can be used to express condition I would go if I had time or again this can also be used for a polite request just like could would you like some coffee you remember could you pass me the salt would you like some coffee so a polite request I'm just trying to connect wood and good here to show you the comparison that they both can be used for polite request okay wood can be used for a habit in the past when I was a kid I would go fishing every summer next it can be used for an imagined situation what do I mean by this example sentence I would travel the world if I won the lottery next we have shell on the list this is used for offering a suggestion shall we dance or it can also be used for determination we shall overcome what better example to give to Indians no we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday next is should this is used for advice you should study for the exam or it can also be used for expectation they should be here by now next we have may may on the list this is used for a possibility like many other modal verbs okay it may snow tomorrow it is also used for permission may I come in you may sit down may I sit down now may and can both can be used for asking permission it's it's okay to use either okay so don't confuse yourself unnecessarily can I sit down me I sit down May is just slightly more polite you may say so yeah May sounds better in formal situations yeah might now this is very interesting it is used for lesser possibility it might rain tomorrow but I doubt it and it can also be used for giving a suggestion you might try the cake suggesting you might try it and lastly we come to must this is the last one on the list of nine and it is used to express necessity I must finish this project I must finish this video it is also used for strong advice you must see that movie you must see it and lastly it can be used for expressing a logical conclusion it must be her phone she left it on the table so generally there are these nine modal verbs but sometimes these extras are also included like have two now have two is used for expressing obligation I have to go to the doctors tomorrow obligation I have to go next is need to now need to is very similar to have to it is also used to X stress necessity I need to complete this I need to see her I need to eat this I need to take my medicines last on the list of extras is ought to this is used similarly to should so in place of sure you can use R2 just a fancy way of saying should it denotes it indicates obligation and advisability you ought to finish your work tomorrow you ought to go to her you ought to do this you ought to do that so you should do this you should do that sometimes two modal verbs can be used together to express a specific idea something like you shouldn't have to pay for his mistakes something like this okay so should and have to all have been used together so you shouldn't have to pay for his mistakes sometimes some modal verbs can be used interchangeably because there's quite some overlap up it's absolutely okay do not be too pedantic about it just let it be just use the word that comes naturally to you do not bother too much about this okay it's absolutely all right so a little bit of May or can here and there works perfectly fine no issues basically the importance of modal verbs come in when you have to express a certain meaning mood or tone of the thing that you're speaking about or the thing that you're mentioning whatever you're expressing so yes they do help you in expressing the tone expressing your meaning and your mood as well so that's where their importance actually come in okay that's all about it thank you very much I'll see you again soon bye

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Length: 7min 21sec (441 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 01 2023