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CAN
A. Ability, Power and Capacity
1. Ravi can drive a car.
2. Can you lift this weight?
3. He can speak English fluently.
4. They can not help at this time.
B. To Give or Take Permission (informal)
1. Can I take your pen?
2. You can go now.
C. Possibility (Mostly used for negative and interrogative sentences)
1. This news can not be true.
2. He can not come today?
3. Can he be angry?
COULD
A. Ability, Power and Capacaity in Past
1. He could drive a car.
2. They could win this competition.
3. He ran as fast as he could.
B. Permission/Possibility in Past
1. He asked me if he could take my pen.
2. He told her that he could not give her his car.
C. Use in Present (More polite and hesitant than can)
1. Could you give me your pen?
2. Could you tell me the way to the railway station ?
SHOULD
Duty, Advice etc.
1. You should meet him tomorrow.
2. Should we attend the function?
SHOULD HAVE
1. He should have played the match.
2. Should they have told a lie?
MUST
Must is used to express Duty, Necessity etc.
1. You must go to school daily.
2. You must work hard if you want to succeed.
"Be" is used in place of verb or while adding "ing" with a verb. It is a use in present, not future.
1. She must be in the office.
2. You must be sixteen.
3. Rajat must be sleeping.
4. Teacher must be teaching the class.
- Uses & Exercise Of Shall / Should , Will / Would
Uses of "shall" "Shall" is used to make future tense sentence. basically it is used before a verb in the infinitive to tell that something will take place in the upcoming future. used to show- obligationrequirement promise strong assertion or...
- Narrations Part-1
The art of reporting the words of a speaker is called Narration. It is of two types:- Direct Speech: We quote the actual words of the speaker in inverted commas: He said to me , "I am playing."Indirect Speech: We quote the words or speech of the speaker...
- Use Of Modals Part-4
MODALS + HAVE COULD HAVE They could have gone. (but they didn't) MAY HAVE Raju may have taken my book. (possibility in present) MUST HAVE They must have completed their home work. (definite possibility in present) WOULD HAVE If he had money he...
- Use Of Modals Part-2
USED TO A. Past Habit or happening 1. He used to fly kites in childhood. 2. Ravi used not to study in our school. 3. Used she to go for a walk daily? MAY A. To Give or Take Permission (formal) 1. May I go, sir? 2. May I take your pen? 3....
- Tenses : Present, Past, Future
Present Tense 1a) PRESENT INDEFINITE/SIMPLE Affirmative: Sub+V1 I write a letter. She makes a doll. Note:Use s/es with the 1st form of the verb if the Subject is He/She/It or singular Noun (boy, player, teacher, Mohan, Sita etc). Negative: Sub+do/does+not+V1...
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Use of MODALS Part-1
CAN
A. Ability, Power and Capacity
1. Ravi can drive a car.
2. Can you lift this weight?
3. He can speak English fluently.
4. They can not help at this time.
B. To Give or Take Permission (informal)
1. Can I take your pen?
2. You can go now.
C. Possibility (Mostly used for negative and interrogative sentences)
1. This news can not be true.
2. He can not come today?
3. Can he be angry?
COULD
A. Ability, Power and Capacaity in Past
1. He could drive a car.
2. They could win this competition.
3. He ran as fast as he could.
B. Permission/Possibility in Past
1. He asked me if he could take my pen.
2. He told her that he could not give her his car.
C. Use in Present (More polite and hesitant than can)
1. Could you give me your pen?
2. Could you tell me the way to the railway station ?
SHOULD
Duty, Advice etc.
1. You should meet him tomorrow.
2. Should we attend the function?
SHOULD HAVE
1. He should have played the match.
2. Should they have told a lie?
MUST
Must is used to express Duty, Necessity etc.
1. You must go to school daily.
2. You must work hard if you want to succeed.
"Be" is used in place of verb or while adding "ing" with a verb. It is a use in present, not future.
1. She must be in the office.
2. You must be sixteen.
3. Rajat must be sleeping.
4. Teacher must be teaching the class.
- Uses & Exercise Of Shall / Should , Will / Would
Uses of "shall" "Shall" is used to make future tense sentence. basically it is used before a verb in the infinitive to tell that something will take place in the upcoming future. used to show- obligationrequirement promise strong assertion or...
- Narrations Part-1
The art of reporting the words of a speaker is called Narration. It is of two types:- Direct Speech: We quote the actual words of the speaker in inverted commas: He said to me , "I am playing."Indirect Speech: We quote the words or speech of the speaker...
- Use Of Modals Part-4
MODALS + HAVE COULD HAVE They could have gone. (but they didn't) MAY HAVE Raju may have taken my book. (possibility in present) MUST HAVE They must have completed their home work. (definite possibility in present) WOULD HAVE If he had money he...
- Use Of Modals Part-2
USED TO A. Past Habit or happening 1. He used to fly kites in childhood. 2. Ravi used not to study in our school. 3. Used she to go for a walk daily? MAY A. To Give or Take Permission (formal) 1. May I go, sir? 2. May I take your pen? 3....
- Tenses : Present, Past, Future
Present Tense 1a) PRESENT INDEFINITE/SIMPLE Affirmative: Sub+V1 I write a letter. She makes a doll. Note:Use s/es with the 1st form of the verb if the Subject is He/She/It or singular Noun (boy, player, teacher, Mohan, Sita etc). Negative: Sub+do/does+not+V1...