Modal Verbs?!

What is modal vebs?

Modal verbs is words that express differnent kinds of things, for instance to express:

• ability
• posibility
• permission
• obligation

A modal is a type of auxiliary (helping) verb 

the modal verbs include:

• can             could
• may            might
• should       ought to
• must          haveto
• will             shall         would

How to application modal verbs in a sentence?

Use as is don't change

They do not change their form (spelling) and they have no infinitive or participle (past/present/future). so modal verbs no needed add -es, -s, -ing 

for the example:

        she can sing

        she cans sing

Use base verb (Verb 1) after modal

don't ude word "to"

for the example:

        he should come here

        he should to come here

To make a negative sentence,

use "not" after modals don't use "don't, doesn't, isnot, are not, was not". excepet have to

example:

          you should not go

          you don’t should go

Different function of each modal verbs

Can

used to express 

•      ability (kemampuan):

–        Dina can speak English.

•      permission (permisi/ijin): 

–        Can I bring this book?

•      possibility (kemungkinan):

–        Smoking can be dangerous for our health.

Could

used to express:

•      past ability (kemampuan di waktu lampau):

–        When she was young, she could run every day.

•      permission (permisi/ijin): 

–        Could you help me?

•      bentuk lampau dari can: 

–        We know she can play tennis → We know she could play tennis.

May

Used to express:

•      possibility (kemungkinan):

–         It may rain tonight.

•      permission (permisi/ijin): 

–        May I borrow your pencil? (May lebih formal dan sopan dari can dan could)

Might

To express

•      possibility (kemungkinan):

–        They might come tonight. (might lebih lemah dari may)

•      permission (permisi/ijin):

–         Might I go now? (Might lebih formal dan sopan dari may, can dan could)

Will

To expresss:

•      assumption (pengiraan):

–        I will not be at home this evening.

•      mild promise (janji ringan):

–         I will help you if I can.

•      request (permintaan): 

–        Will you put this dictionary?

•      refusal (penolakan):   

–        I won’t go to Jakarta. (dalam bentuk negative) 

Would

To express:

•      Kemauan atau niatan (willingness)

–        Would you like come to my house?

•       kemungkinan (probability in past future tense)

–        Kim Heechul would be dating an Indonesian women this day.

Shall

To express:

•      Obligation:

–        The teacher shall report the students performance to their parents.

Should

TO EXPRESS:

•      Suggestion and advice :

–        Shinta should change her mind about this case.

•      Probability:

–        We should talk to each other more often

Must

To express

•       keharusan :

–        We must finish our homework now 

•       prohibition:

–        henry must obey the rule

Ought To

To express:

Advice:

It is raining so hard, you ought to not go outside.

the video below is a little explanation from me about "Capital Verbs"

sorry for bad resolution, and noisy audio

resouce:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/modal-verbs

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/modal.htm