Modal verbs
The modal verbs are:
| can | could |
| may | might |
| shall | should |
| will | would |
We use modal verbs to show if we believe something is certain, probable or possible (or not). We also use modals to do things like talking about ability, asking permission making requests and offers, and so on.
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Hello Learn English team
First thing i would like to thank you for the great job .
I am working on research of modals verbs , I would like to know the resources of modals verb to put it in my research , if there is any book ? please write it to me .
If that job belong to Adam Jk and Jeremy Bee only please let me know .
thank in advance
team
Hello Nisreen!
Interesting to know you're researching modal verbs - they're an important area in English! Our grammar pages were written specially for us, but there are a lot of grammar books which talk about modals in more detail. My first choice of reference is Swan's Practical English Usage, but other teachers use other books.
Good luck with your research!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish
Hello Jeremy Bee
Thanks for your reply
Regards
Nisreen
hi jeremy,
will you please make some sentences using 'may arise from....', 'if i may say so,.." 'i might have guessed..' i have no idea what does they mean?? please..
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Hello Nibelungo!
Congratulations on your test result - that's really pretty good!
As for forgetting stuff, in English we say 'Use it or lose it'! If you don't practice, you will find you forget your English. However, even if you can't travel to an English speaking country, there's plenty you can do to keep practising your English.
For reading and listening, we have lots of resources right here on LearnEnglish. You could try our Stories and Poems section for fiction, and our audio magazine or our business section for non-fiction readings and listenings. There's plenty there to keep you going, and we have more coming! What's more, reading and listening will help to improve your writing and speaking.
Speaking and writing can be a little more difficult to practice on your own. You can comment here on our pages for practice in expressing your ideas. For speaking, you could try to record yourself. Choose some of the discussion questions and go to a site like www.vocaroo.com, record your answers, and playback your recording – what mistakes did you make? What do you like about your answer? Also, remember you don't have to have a native speaker to talk to. Maybe a friend or colleague wants to talk English – ask around, and find someone who wants to practice.
Above all, try to do something every day!
Regards,
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi again Jeremy!
Wow! You do know how to encourage students! I appreciate your reply to my message. I'll keep your message because you gave a way to study, I mean where to get started. So first of all by reading and listening, then writing expressing my ideas helped by discussion questions exercises and finally speaking recording in vocaroo. I got it.
I didin't know where to get started so you've helped me quite a lot. Thank you!!
See you around!
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Thanks syaasy, that's really good to hear!
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Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team