Picture a small child saying: "Can’t, shan’t, won’t!" They are using modal verbs to show their feelings and attitude to something. Maybe they are refusing to go to bed or eat their peas. Modal verbs ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

Dan wants to eat his cake but it's gone missing... He had a good idea about who took it. Learn how to use modal verbs to talk about possibility in the past - all in 90 seconds! 0 / 5 Dan was looking ...

There are three basic kinds of verbs plus many subclasses. Here we cover only the three basic types. Initially, verbs are divided into main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Then auxiliary verbs are divided ...

Making polite requests are a part of daily life in a range of situations – we might be in a formal setting like an office, at a work party or we might be making a request because we need something.

We can use the modal verbs might, may, could, must and can’t for talking about what we think is possible or true in the present. We don’t know for sure, so we make guesses and suggestions using the ...