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Conditional sentences - if 13
Gerund and Infinitive Modals - English Grammar
Modal Auxiliaries
Nouns 1) can
Participles
Passive Voice Use Examples
Phrasal Verbs
Prepositions ability to do sth. in the present (substitute
I can speak English.
Pronouns form: to be able to)
Quantifiers permission to do sth. in the present (substitute
Questions Can I go to the cinema?
form: to be allowed to)
Reported Speech
Sentences request Can you wait a moment, please?
Tenses offer I can lend you my car till tomorrow.
Various
Verbs suggestion Can we visit Grandma at the weekend?
possibility It can get very hot in Arizona.
Grammar Exercises
Vocabulary Explanations 2) could
Vocabulary Exercises

Complex Tests Use Examples

Tests
Exams ability to do sth. in the past (substitute form: to
I could speak English.
be able to)
Daily English Lesson
permission to do sth. in the past (substitute
English Forum I could go to the cinema.
form: to be allowed to)
Talks
Download Worksheets polite question * Could I go to the cinema, please?
Writing
polite request * Could you wait a moment, please?
Games
polite offer * I could lend you my car till tomorrow.
Parents
Teachers polite suggestion * Could we visit Grandma at the weekend?
Pupils/Students possibility * It could get very hot in Montana.
Literature/Books
Dictionaries 3) may
Read Top News
Use Examples
Newsletter
EFL/ESL Sites possibility It may rain today.
Guestbook
FAQ permission to do sth. in the present (substitute
May I go to the cinema?
form: to be allowed to)
Sitemap
polite suggestion May I help you?
Press/Advertising
Privacy Policy
Imprint/Contact
4) might

Search website: Use Examples

possibility (less possible than may) * It might rain today.

Search hesitant offer * Might I help you?

Custom Search 5) must

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Use Examples

force, necessity I must go to the supermarket today.

possibility You must be tired.
advice, recommendation You must see the new film with Brad Pitt.

6) must not/may not

Use Examples

You mustn't work on dad's computer.

prohibition
You may not work on dad's computer.

7) need not

Use Examples

I needn't go to the supermarket, we're going to

not necessary
the restaurant tonight.

8) ought to

Use Examples

advice You ought to drive carefully in bad weather.

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 advice You ought to drive carefully in bad weather.
You ought to switch off the light when you
obligation
leave the room.

9) shall
instead of will in the 1st person

Use Examples

suggestion Shall I carry your bag?

10) should

Use Examples

advice You should drive carefully in bad weather.

You should switch off the light when you leave
obligation
the room.

11) will

Use Examples

wish, request, demand, order (less polite than Will you please shut the door?
would)
prediction, assumption I think it will rain on Friday.
promise I will stop smoking.
spontaneous decision Can somebody drive me to the station? - I will.
She's strange, she'll sit for hours without
habits
talking.

12) would

Use Examples

wish, request (more polite than will) Would you shut the door, please?
habits in the past Sometimes he would bring me some flowers.

* no past forms - future forms

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