Pick out the modal auxiliary from the following sentences and write the function
indicated by each of them:
1. I can swim across the river.
2. I could swim the river when I was young.
3. Could you return my book please?
4. You may go now.
5. It may rain tomorrow.
6. May you achieve success!
7. The commander said that they might be attacked.
8. We ought to love our neighbours.
9. I will kill you.
10. I will break the record.
11. I will try to do better next time.
12. Would you please sing a song?
13. You must improve your handwriting.
14. She must look after her parents.
15. The parents need your support.
16. They need tickets to travel by train.
17. I shall help you..
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Answer:
1.can
2.could
3.could
4.may
5.may
6.may
7.might
8.ought
9.will
10.will
11.will
12.would
13.must
14.must
15.need
16.need
17.shall
Functions______
Can - To express or inquire about willingness.
Could-To express or inquire about permission or willingness in a more polite form.
May - To express possibility in the present and future.
In formal situations, to express permission, in the sense of being allowed to do something.
Might - To express possibility in the present and future.
In formal situations, to express permission, in the sense of being allowed to do something. It is more polite and tentative than may.
Ought to - Ought expresses ideas such as duty, necessity and moral obligation. It is not as forceful as must, but it is stronger than should.
Will - To make a prediction.
Would - For requests.
For preferences.
To request permission.
To talk about refusals in the past.
Must - To make a command in a more respectful way.
Need - Need is used both as a principal verb and as an auxiliary verb.
Shall - For suggestions.
For asking what to do.
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