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Grade9 Modals

The document provides an overview of modal auxiliaries in English, detailing their functions such as expressing ability, permission, and obligation. It includes a table listing various modal auxiliaries, their functions, and example sentences for each. Key modals discussed include 'can', 'may', 'shall', 'will', 'should', 'would', 'must', and 'ought to'.

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Grade9 Modals

The document provides an overview of modal auxiliaries in English, detailing their functions such as expressing ability, permission, and obligation. It includes a table listing various modal auxiliaries, their functions, and example sentences for each. Key modals discussed include 'can', 'may', 'shall', 'will', 'should', 'would', 'must', and 'ought to'.

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Welcome

To
National Public School, Kalkere
Online Teaching Classes
Class: 9

Subject: English Topic: Modal Auxiliaries


Modal
Auxiliaries
Modal auxiliaries are used to express the intention of the sentence. It is
used to express ability, possibility, permission and obligation.

Note:
Modal auxiliaries do not change with the person or the number of the
subject.
Ex.
She might come for the party tonight.
He might come for the party tonight.
They might come for the party tonight.
Modal Auxiliaries Table
Modal Auxiliary Function Example

Can 1. Express ability 1. He can swim well.


2. Give or seek permission 2. Can I join your art class?
3. Express possibility 3. You can be hurt if you aren’t careful.
4. With verb of perception 4. Can you see the black spot on the white sheet?
Could 1. Express ability in the past 1. I could speak French very well when I lived in France.
2. Express conditional ability 2. I could sing well if I trained a little longer.
3. Seek help or permission 3. Could you please lend me your car for a day?

May 1. Express permission 1. You may leave for the day.


2. Express possibility 2. It is already late; she may not come today.
3. Express a wish, hope or prayer 3. May you have a great day ahead!
Might 1. Express possibility when the chances 1. I might get selected for the school football team.
are fewer or rare

Shall 1. With first person to express future 1. We shall complete the project by next month.
2. With second and third person to 2. I shall not speak to you unless you return my book.
express promise or command
3. In questions, offers or suggestions 3. Shall I offer you a cup of tea?
Modal Auxiliaries Table
Modal Auxiliary Function Example

Will 1. Express willingness (First person) 1. I’ll certainly come with you to the concert.
2. Express determination (First person) 2. I’ll hand over the keys of the house to your parents.
3. A polite request in question form 3. Will you join us for the picnic?
4. Express future time 4. They will visit us tomorrow.
Should 1. Express obligation 1. You should stop eating too many chocolates.

Would 1. Express a polite request 1. Would you mind getting me a cup of coffee?
2. Express a habitual action in the past 2. Jenny would bite her nails when she was a little girl.
3. Express probability 3. The postman would have delivered the parcel by now.
Must 1. Express obligation 1. You must respect your national anthem.
2. Express necessity 2. We must inform the hosts that we have arrived.
3. Express probability 3. She seems very tired. It must have been a strenuous
journey.
Ought to 1. Express feeling of advice, obligation or 1. We ought to start exercising regularly if you want to
duty. (like should) lose weight.
Thank you

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