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What is CAN used for?
Ability, request, permission, possibility & offer
What is BE ABLE TO used for?
ability & possibility
What is CAN'T used for?
No ability, impossibility
What is COULD used for?
Past ability, polite request & suggestion, & possibility.
What is MAY used for?
Possibility, request & permission
What is MIGHT used for?
Possibility, polite request and permission
What is SHOULD & OUGHT TO used for?
Advice & suggestion
What is NEED TO & HAVE TO used for?
Neccesity & obligatiom
What is MUST used for?
Necessity, obligation & certainty
What is MUSTN'T used for?
Prohibition
What us DON'T HAVE TO & DON'T NEED TO used for?
Lack of obligation & no necessity
What is NEEDN'T used for?
Lack of obligation & no necessity
What is WOULD used for?
Formal request & offer
What is SHALL used for?
Polite question, offer & suggestion
Are modal verbs invariable?
Yes
Do modal verbs need an auxiliary to form questions and negatives?
No
