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Positive Negative

Modal Verb Usage Negative Past Negative Future


Example Present

"She couldn’t "She will not be


"She cannot
Can Ability "She can swim." swim when she able to swim
swim."
was younger." tomorrow."

"It couldn't get "It won’t be able


"It can get cold "It cannot get
Possibility cold in to get cold
in winter." cold in winter."
summer." tomorrow."

Past "She couldn't "She won’t be


"She could swim "She couldn’t
Could ability/Polite have swum able to swim
when younger." swim then."
request then." then."

"It won’t be able


"It could rain "It couldn’t rain "It couldn't have
Possibility to rain
later." later." rained then."
tomorrow."

"You weren’t "You will not be


Permission/Poss "You may leave "You may not
May allowed to leave allowed to leave
ibility early." leave early."
early." early."

"It may not "It might not "It will not be


"It may snow
Possibility snow have snowed able to snow
tomorrow."
tomorrow." yesterday." tomorrow."

"He might not "He might not "He might not


"He might come
Might Possibility come to the have come to be able to come
to the party."
party." the party." to the party."
"You won't have
"You must not "You didn't have
"You must wear to wear a
Must Obligation wear a to wear a
a seatbelt." seatbelt
seatbelt." seatbelt."
tomorrow."

"She must not "She won't have


"She must be at "She can't have
Certainty be at work to be at work
work now." been at work."
now." tomorrow."

"I shall not


Future intention "I shall return "I wasn't going "I will not return
Shall return
(formal) tomorrow." to return." tomorrow."
tomorrow."

"You shouldn’t
"You shouldn't
Advice/Expectati "You should see "You should not need to see a
Should have seen a
on a doctor." see a doctor." doctor
doctor."
tomorrow."

"He wouldn’t
"He will be here "He will not be "He will not be
Will Future certainty have been
tomorrow." here tomorrow." here tomorrow."
here."

"I would not


Hypothetical/Pol "I would help "I would not "I wouldn’t have
Would help you in the
ite request you." help you." helped you."
future."

"You oughtn't
Advice/Moral "You ought to "You ought not "You won't have
Ought to have
obligation apologize." apologize." to apologize."
apologized."

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