Modal Verbs
English Language: KS3, topic 3.5.1
Modal Verbs
Modal verbs are verbs that affect other verbs in sentences. We will look at different modal verbs later on. But you need to know that modal verbs show.
Possibility
- Example: I might go to school today.
Obligation
- Example: You should phone your mother.
Permission
- Example: You may take a shower.
Ability
- Example: You can buy that phone.
Test yourself on Modal Verbs
What 4 things do modal verbs show?
What 4 things do modal verbs show?
What do we call verbs that show possibility, obligation, permission and ability?
What do we call verbs that affect other verbs in sentences?
What does the modal verb 'might' show?
I might not tell my mother.