Modal Verbs

1. Examples: * You MUST NOT park your car here. It is forbidden.

1. Examples: * Are we ALLOWED TO eat here? * COULD I use your phone, please? * Can I sit here, or is the seat taken?

1. Examples: * You are ALLOWED TO park here. * You COULD take a day off work. * Yes, you CAN go to that party, if you want.

Annotations:

• Examples: * Would you like to come to the party with me? * Could you please close the door? * Can you send these letters for me?

1. Examples: * WOULD you like to come to the party with me? * COULD you please close the door? * CAN you send these letters for me?

1. Examples: * You DON'T HAVE TO wash the dishes; I'll do it. * You DON'T NEED TO remind me of this, I remember.
2. DON'T HAVE TO - DON'T NEED TO

1. CAN'T - COULDN'T - NOT BE ABLE TO
2. Examples: * I CAN'T run a marathon, I'm not prepared. * My kids COULDN'T ride bikes when they were little. * She has NOT been ABLE TO walk since the accident.

1. Examples: * I CAN row fairly well. * He COULD read at the age of 3. * The team was ABLE TO complete the taks at a record time!

1. Examples: * You SHOULD see a doctor. * You SHOULDN'T leave for tomorrow what you can do today.

1. Examples: * I CAN be hot next week. * I MAY go to Hawaii next summer. * They MIGHT return tomorrow, but I'm not sure.