Modal Verbs

Modals	Functions	Examples
Will	Asking	Will you go to school?
Would	Requesting	Would you give me a pen?
Shall	Asking	Shall I do the work?
Should	Suggestion	You should work hard.
Can	Ability	He can drive a car.
Could	Ability, requesting	He could do the sum. Could you help me to do the sum?
May	Possibility, permission, prayer	He may come here today. May I come in? May you live long?
Might	Possibility, Suggestion	His statement might be true. You might go there.
Must	Certainty, obligation	It must be good. You must do this.
Mustn’t	Prohibition	You must not (mustn’t) run in the sun.
Needn’t	Negation	I need not (needn’t) want a book now.
Dare	Bold assertion	I dare say. you are a fool.
Daren’t	Afraid to do	I dare not (daren’t) follow you. He dare not (daren’t) do it. (dares not nq bv)
Ought (to)	Moral obligation, suggestion	We ought to love our neighbors. You ought to go to a doctor.
Used (to)	Habit	He used to walk early in the morning.