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    This document summarizes several modal-like verbs in English: 1) Ought to expresses advice or obligation. Examples include "You ought to drive carefully" and "You ought to switch off the light." 2) Had better expresses advice and means it would be wise to do something. Examples are "You had better go now" and "We had better take an umbrella." 3) Be supposed to expresses present or future obligation. Examples are "Only bicyclists are supposed to use this bike path" and "You were supposed to go to the movie." 4) Used to is used to talk about past habits or frequent actions. Examples include "I used to live in London" and

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    This document summarizes several modal-like verbs in English: 1) Ought to expresses advice or obligation. Examples include "You ought to drive carefully" and "You ought to switch off the light." 2) Had better expresses advice and means it would be wise to do something. Examples are "You had better go now" and "We had better take an umbrella." 3) Be supposed to expresses present or future obligation. Examples are "Only bicyclists are supposed to use this bike path" and "You were supposed to go to the movie." 4) Used to is used to talk about past habits or frequent actions. Examples include "I used to live in London" and

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    This document summarizes several modal-like verbs in English: 1) Ought to expresses advice or obligation. Examples include "You ought to drive carefully" and "You ought to switch off the light." 2) Had better expresses advice and means it would be wise to do something. Examples are "You had better go now" and "We had better take an umbrella." 3) Be supposed to expresses present or future obligation. Examples are "Only bicyclists are supposed to use this bike path" and "You were supposed to go to the movie." 4) Used to is used to talk about past habits or frequent actions. Examples include "I used to live in London" and

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    This document summarizes several modal-like verbs in English: 1) Ought to expresses advice or obligation. Examples include "You ought to drive carefully" and "You ought to switch off the light." 2) Had better expresses advice and means it would be wise to do something. Examples are "You had better go now" and "We had better take an umbrella." 3) Be supposed to expresses present or future obligation. Examples are "Only bicyclists are supposed to use this bike path" and "You were supposed to go to the movie." 4) Used to is used to talk about past habits or frequent actions. Examples include "I used to live in London" and

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    MODAL-LIKE

    VERBS
    OUGHT TO
    • simliar to should – ought to sounds a little less subjective and is used to say what is the right
    thing to do.

    Use Examples

    advice You ought to drive carefully in bad weather.

    obligation You ought to switch off the light when you leave the room.
    HAD BETTER
    • 'Had better' expresses advice and means 'would find it wiser or more suitable'.
    E.g.:You had better go now (=it would be good, wise or suitable for you to go now).

    • We had better take an umbrella. It may rain.


    • He’d better stop and have a rest if he feels tired.
    • You had better not eat so much.
    BE SUPPOSED TO

    Is used to express present or future obligation when we feel we are expected to do something
    (but we may o may not do it). Change the verb "be" to "was" or "were" to say that
    someone expected you to do something in the past.
    Ex.
    1. Only bicyclists are supposed to use this bike path.
    2.You were supposed to go to the movie whit us. Where were you?
    USED TO
    • used to say that something happened continuously or frequently during a period in the past.
     I used to live in London.
     We used to go sailing on the lake in summer.
    • Used to is usually followed by an infinitive: We used to swim in the river.
    But sometimes the following infinitive is left out: I don’t play golf now, but I used to.
    • Used to only exists as a past tense.
    • Questions and negatives are usually formed with ‘did’ + use to (with no ‘d’):
     Did you use to work here?
     We didn’t use to earn much.
    HAVE TO
    • The modal must can be used in the Simple Present only, so use the substitute have to with
    other tenses. The form have to has the same form regardless the subject. And is used to give
    very strong advise, something the speaker thinks is necessary.

    Pronouns Modal Substitutes in the Simple Present

    I, we, you, they I must play football. * I have to play football. *

    he, she, it He must play football. * He has to play football. *


    • Sentences and questions with have to

    have to in the Simple Present

    Affirmative
    Pronouns Negative sentences Questions
    sentences

    I, we, you, I have to get I do not have to get Do I have to get


    they up early. up early. up early?

    She has to get She does not have Does she have
    he, she, it
    upearly. to get up early. to get up early?
    . had to in the Simple Past

    Affirmative
    Pronouns Negative sentences Questions
    sentences

    I, he, she, it, we, I had to get I did not have to get Did I have to get
    you, they up early. upearly. up early?
    HAVE GOT TO

    • Is used to give very strong advise, something the espeaker thinks is necessary
     You have got to keep your job.

    • Have got to is most common in informal speech. It is not used in questions.


     I have got to study tonight. = I must study tonight.
    • Remember: “have got to” and “have to” are modal verbs and require a simple verb to follow
    them. The “to” is part of the modal; it is not an infinitive “to”.

    • There is only one way to express past time with these modal verbs: HAD TO. (There is no past
    tense of must/have got to.)

    • For example:
    Present Time Past Time
    Last night, we had to
    We must show our
    show our passport at the
    passport at the airport.
    airport.
    I have got to pay my I had to pay my phone
    phone bill soon. bill this morning.
    They have to go to the They had to go to the
    meeting today. meeting yesterday.
    WOULD LIKE AND WOULD RATHER
    • The modal would is often combined with like to or rather to form a modal-like verb. The modal-like
    verb would like to means want to. The modal-like verb would rather means prefer to.
    Ex.
    I would like to go to the dance tonight.
    I would rather go to dance tonight tan go to a movie.

    • 'Would rather' can be used with different subjects before and after it, to say that one person
    would prefer another to do something. In this case, a past tense is generally used with a present or
    future meaning.
    • E. g. : I’d rather you went home now.
    Don’t come tomorrow. I’d rather you came next weekend.

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